Pursuing a life of science and a life of faith is not incompatible, said astronomer Jonathan Lunine at the St. Albert the Great Forum on Science and Religion April 26.
Obama administration official Mohamed Abdel-Kader said in a May 10 on speech on campus that multilingualism and the ability to understand cultures helps in solving global crises such as climate change and military conflicts.
Twelve Cornell graduate students have been selected for the Einaudi-SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies announced.
Cornell University engineering professor Stephen Wicker has briefed the U.S. government on cyber security, information technology and privacy concerns and is the author of “Cellular Convergence and the Death of Privacy”. Wicker says the NSA and the CIA are engaging in very dangerous and unethical gamesmanship.
Rebecca Slayton, assistant professor at Cornell University’s Science & Technology Studies Department and an expert on international security and cooperation, comments on the WannaCry cyber-attacks that have spread across 150 countries since Friday. Slayton says the attack shows both the vulnerabilities and resilience of our computer systems.
At the fourth annual Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives’ Honors Awards Ceremony May 5, Cornellians received awards awards named after Cornell trailblazers.
