Hundreds of first-year and transfer students were heaped with advice, encouragement and well-wishes at New Student Convocation, held Aug. 21 at Schoellkopf Field.
Inflation has prices on the rise for holiday travel this year. Travel and hospitality experts, Christopher Anderson and Chekitan Dev are available for interviews on what to expect.
Personal protection against COVID-19 was the main reason given for vaccine acceptance among respondents in low- and middle-income countries, and concern about side effects was the most common reason for vaccine hesitancy.
Coordination can be essential, but moral progress requires room for people to hold minority views, finds new research by Shaun Nichols, professor in the Sage School of Philosophy.
Activities beyond campus – such as business air travel, student commutes and purchases like lab equipment – account for more than 60% of Cornell’s carbon emissions, according to a new analysis.
The funding will enable astronomy researchers at the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves consortium to continue their search for five more years.
A total of 122 readers, plus a number of Cornell musicians, paid tribute to the late Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, on Oct. 8 during a marathon reading of “The Bluest Eye,” her debut novel.
As the residence halls honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hu Shih and Barbara McClintock opened, resident advisers handed these newest Cornellians their room keys – and their futures.
The Carl Sagan Institute is getting a boost from an unexpected source: Fiat Chrysler Automotive. The company’s ad for its new Wrangler 4XE plug-in hybrid features the late astronomer Carl Sagan’s famous “Pale Blue Dot” monologue and images.
