A research team led by Adam Anderson, professor of human development, has discovered the taste center in the human brain by uncovering which parts of the brain distinguish different types of tastes.
Twelve graduate students will spend this year refining their dissertation plans and testing the waters of global research with help from the Einaudi-SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program.
Kent Kleinman, professor of architecture and the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of Architecture, Art and Planning from 2008 to 2018, has been appointed provost of the Rhode Island School of Design, effective March 1, 2019.
Cornell’s Meejin Yoon and Roberto Sierra have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, considered the highest artistic recognition in the U.S.
In conjunction with Math Awareness Month, historian Alberto Martinez will discuss the use of myth and invention in mathematics at a public lecture Thursday, April 13 in 251 Malott Hall.
“Ada,” a responsive, photoluminescent fiber pavilion designed by Cornell’s Jenny Sabin, has just opened, suspended in a light-filled atrium at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington.
Events this week include the Chorus and Glee Club’s annual Commencement Concert; scientists discussing cosmic particles and volcanoes at Science on Tap; and the 2019 Ithaca Festival Parade.
The new history course, Statues and Public Life, is part of the classics department’s participation in Cornell’s Active Learning Initiative, administered through the Office of the Provost.
On Feb. 3-4, the English department will host an international conference to address the theoretical impact and importance of the groundbreaking "Theory of the Lyric" by professor Jonathan Culler.