Arts and Sciences expands advising seminars to all first-year students

Starting this fall, all incoming students in the College of Arts and Sciences will meet weekly in small groups with a faculty member to help make their transition to college life easier. 

Study: Fungal disease decimates amphibians worldwide

A fungal disease that afflicts amphibians has led to the greatest loss of biodiversity ever recorded due to a disease, according to a paper published in Science.

Cornell creates Center for Social Sciences

The university has created the Cornell Center for Social Sciences, and a faculty implementation committee will make recommendations for the creation of an organizational structure integrating public policy areas and the creation of “superdepartments.”

Ascribe Bioscience receives NSF small-business grant

Ascribe Bioscience has become the first company based on technology developed at the Boyce Thompson Institute to receive a National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant.

The universe’s secrets are at your fingertips – just learn calculus

In his new book “Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe,” mathematician Steven Strogatz explores the history, big ideas and applications of a subject that is essential in everything from how smartphones operate to the latest innovations in medicine.

Entrepreneurship celebration to feature talks on game design, family business

More than 200 alumni are expected to return to campus April 11-12 for the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration, which will include recognition of the Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year.

Eight grants focus on innovation in China

The Cornell China Center has announced eight China Innovation Awards to interdisciplinary teams of Cornell faculty, aimed at jump-starting collaborative research and developing research teams.

Podcast explores ‘What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?’

The new season of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series from the College of Arts and Sciences is titled “What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?” and explores the relationship between humans and water.

The hunt is on for closest Earth-like planets

A team led by Cornell astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger has published a catalog of 1,822 stars that the new Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite will be able to scan for possible Earth-like planets in their orbits.