In the fall, Cornell Cinema offered several films with ties to courses being taught on campus; this spring, the cinema will continue to offer a wide variety of films with course connections. Virtual screenings begin in February.
Astronomers, including Cornell’s Steve Choi, have used observations, plus a bit of cosmic geometry, to propose that the universe is 13.77 billion years old – give or take 40 million years.
Archivists, curators and librarians are finding virtual ways to help faculty members teach, using gems from Cornell University Library’s rare collections, from medieval texts on parchment to punk show flyers.
Karl Termini designs, creates and repairs unique scientific glassware, saving departments time and money and ensuring researchers get exactly the equipment they need.
Health is an exceptionally expensive resource in the United States, “though it should not be,” political scientist Jamila Michener told the House Rules Committee on Oct. 13.
Cornell is spearheading the New York Consortium for Space Technology Innovation and Development – a new initiative aimed at bolstering U.S. space technology research and manufacturing by uniting industry, academic and government partners.
President Martha E. Pollack lauded faculty for recent honors, thanked donors for recent major gifts to Cornell and touted the university’s efforts on diversity and inclusion.
Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Institute for Computational Sustainability are using big data and AI to model hidden patterns in nature – not just for one bird species, but for entire ecological communities across continents.
In a fast-fashion, throw-clothes-away world, textile expert Juan Hinestroza (Human Ecology) and a group of scientists have new ways to recycle wasted polyester into new useful products.