Cornell’s Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives held its second annual awards, named after George Washington Fields and 9 other Cornellian trailblazers.
The second episode of the video series Inside Medicine at Weill Cornell chronicles the relationship between Drs. BJ Casey, a neuroscientist, and Conor Liston, assistant professor.
A Cornell student team has advanced to the finals in a national competition to build a prototype machine to assist human explorers on Mars. They will compete in the Utah desert May 28-30.
Led by Cornell's Matthew Hall, researchers estimate racial segregation grew between Latinos and whites by nearly 50 percent and between blacks and whites by about 20 percent during the late 2000s housing bust.
On May 4, Cornell’s Program on Ethics and Public Life (EPL) began releasing a series of online documentaries showcasing the diverse, sometimes clashing views of leading China scholars on “Where Is China Headed?”
A new project will harness the power of genome editing – a technique that allows researchers to replace DNA in a living cell – to improve rice, a staple crop that feeds half the world’s people.
The inauguration of Cornell’s 13th president, Elizabeth Garrett, is set for Friday, Sept. 18. The installation ceremony will take place on the Arts Quad at 10 a.m., followed by a communitywide picnic on the Ag Quad.
John Lis, the Barbara McClintock Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, is one of 84 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2015.
Joel Malina, vice president for university relations, issued a statement May 4 on the investigation into an unauthorized person or persons accessing a computer in the Statler Amphitheater March 25-26.