In a year of firsts for the Cornell Fashion Collective’s spring 2022 runway show, the biggest might be the setting: This year’s event, on April 30, will be held outside on the Arts Quad, under three large tents to guarantee a rain-or-shine event.
On March 15, award-winning science journalist Natalie Wolchover, Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences, gave a master class on “Bringing Science to Life Through Storytelling” in Lewis Auditorium.
“Gayageum, Meet Violin” is a recital and discussion, set for April 16, featuring a preview performance of a new composition “Apba Hagoo, Nah Hagoo” by Ariana Kim for the Korean traditional zither (gayageum) and violin.
Quantum electrodynamics can explain the puzzling first observations of polarized X-rays emitted by a neutron star with a powerful magnetic field, according to a Cornell astrophysicist.
Timothy Murray, professor of comparative literature and literatures in English, has been elected chair of the board of directors of Humanities New York (HNY), a nonprofit humanities council founded in 1975 that supports and advocates for public humanities across the state.
Cornell’s Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions has received renewal funding of $12.6 million for a four-year period to continue its work developing advanced fuel cell technologies in alkaline media.
The Presidential Advisors on Diversity and Equity have awarded three Belonging at Cornell innovation grants for 2022 programming, for projects addressing a range of topics involving diversity, equity and inclusion on all of Cornell’s campuses.
Funded projects this cycle reflect the Migrations initiative’s interdisciplinary priorities of racism, dispossession and migration in the United States and international, multispecies migration.
Six Arts and Sciences faculty members focusing on mathematics and theoretical physics were announced as the 2022 Simons Fellows. The program enables recipients to focus on research by extending academic leaves from one term to a full year.