Twenty-eight of Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann's essays are collected in a book edited by Jeffrey Kovac and Michael Weisberg, published Jan. 23 by Oxford University Press.
Students have created a performance piece based on the life of A.D. White, in which the audience and the A.D. White House will be a part of performances Feb. 16-18.
Christine Shoemaker, the Joseph P. Ripley Professor of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional distinctions for an engineer. Two Cornell alumni were also elected.
A team of international researchers is working to tackle the global problem of plant viral diseases that are spread by insects, thanks to close to $1 million in funding.
For Arun Gandhi, grandson of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi, his lifelong education in the principles of nonviolence began with a pencil stub.
Part of the Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies 40th anniversary celebration was a panel discussion, 'Feminism Mapped,' with some of the program's founders and directors, Feb. 10.
Filmmaker Neko Celik led a group of middle and high school students in making socio-political documentaries at a Cornell workshop Feb. 11. 'They have the cameras,' Celik said. 'They have the power.'
Women with advanced degrees in math-intensive academic fields drop out of fast-track research careers primarily because they want children, report two Cornell professors.