With 33 alumni in the Peace Corps — and 1,641 since 1961 — Cornell ranks near the top in volunteer productivity; a 2013 Arts College graduate tells whey she is in Cameroon.
Thirteen social scientists from across the university are joining the Institute for the Social Sciences as fellows-in-residence during the 2015-16 academic year.
Ernest Sternglass ’44, M.S. ’51, Ph.D. ’53, whose correspondence with Albert Einstein led to an electron amplification discovery that allowed millions to watch Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the moon, died Feb. 12 in Ithaca.
MSNBC host and scholar of African-American politics Melissa Harris-Perry will deliver the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Feb. 23 in Sage Chapel.
Scientists are urging swift action to combat canine distemper virus, which is killing such endangered species as Amur tigers and lions in Africa. The virus is closely related to the virus that causes measles in humans.
L. Pearce Williams ’49, Ph.D. ‘52, who taught the history of Western civilization and the history of science for four decades at Cornell, died Feb. 7 in Ithaca. He was 87.
Using sophisticated computer algorithms to check creditworthiness in seconds, a new service developed by former Cornell students lets people without a credit history buy what they need.
The spring 2015 Schwartz Center schedule includes famed choreographer William Forsythe at the “Sensation, Desire, and the Moving Body,” conference and Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie."
Hundreds of Cornellians participated in a Big Red version of the "Antiques Road Show" Feb. 6 in New York City. Among the donated items is a piece of the goal post from Penn's Franklin Field taken down in the wake of a famous Cornell football win in 1958.
With support from Cornell's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, faculty members are researching harmful molds in food that damage the health of African mothers and babies.