Events this week include "RBG" at Cornell Cinema, plays dramatizing religious and genetic science issues, fall harvest sampling at Cornell Orchards, and a local AAUW celebration of 100 years of social action.
Being out in nature has been proven beneficial to mental health, and a new website, CUinNature.cornell.edu, lists nearby places students can go to immerse themselves in the great outdoors.
Slavery in West Africa has an ancient lineage dating to Biblical times. Sandra Greene’s new book, “Slave Owners of West Africa: Decision Making in the Age of Abolition,” explores the lives of three West African slave owners during abolition in the 19th century.
A new paper from Cornell psychology professor Morten Christiansen argues language processing, acquisition and evolution, as well as the structure of language itself, are profoundly shaped by fundamental limitations on sensory and cognitive memory.
Kaushik Basu, the C. Marks Professor of International Studies and professor of economics, began his three-year term as president of the International Economic Association June 23.
Children born to Hispanic parents who emigrate to rural communities without support networks face a difficult road out of poverty, according to a Cornell report.
The Commercialization Fellowship, which wrapped up its fifth cohort in December 2020, helps engineers turn their academic research into businesses that solve real-world problems.
Cornell researchers have developed a chemical tool to control inflammation that is activated by ultraviolet light, which will allow scientists to study inflammation and the immune system.
A new History of Capitalism initiative from Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences and the ILR School brings together scholars from across the university to examine the nature of capitalism.