An agricultural economist, a theoretical physicist, a plant biologist and a physiologist have each been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the academy announced May 3.
A U.S. Department of Energy agency has awarded $1 million to Cornell researchers, who are using programmed microbes to mine rare-earth minerals used in consumer electronics and advanced renewable energy.
Historian Barry Strauss notes that plagues and epidemics have often been linked to wars. The current pandemic will highlight the fragility of society and significantly influence U.S. politics – with unknown consequences – and the U.S.-China relationship, he says.
Cornell AAP announces twelve incoming faculty in the departments of architecture, art, and planning, including one who will take on the role of department chair in art.
Pining for ice cream? This campy mix of graham cracker swirl, fudge, toasted marshmallow flavor and berries, has won top honors in a food science class annual competition.
This year, the College of Engineering’s Kessler Fellows Program had to navigate summer internships amid a global pandemic, but the program’s staff was able to place all 13 students in summer programs.
Registration for the annual Faculty Institute on Community-Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT) exploring the foundations of community-engaged learning. The 2021 CELT is a series of online Community Conversations, held weekly June 1–22, from 1 to 1:50 p.m.
Applications of digital technology from academic disciplines across campus will be exhibited April 19 at the annual BOOM (Bits on Our Minds) exhibition.
Parham’s Digital Humanities Lecture, set to take place online April 28, will discuss what might be made possible at the intersection between Black expressive traditions, digital humanities, and electronic literature, with an eye to describing the chain of interactions that link theory to practice.
Twenty years after his pivotal paper with Steven Strogatz launched the study of network science, Duncan Watts, Ph.D. '97, will give a talk on changes in the field.