Deadlines are approaching for College of Arts and Sciences faculty and grad students to express interest and submit proposals for the Cornell University Library’s Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences.
David Bateman, associate professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences, will moderate “Democracy Contested?” in an online Cornell community forum Oct. 29 with three fellow faculty experts.
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.
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.
Johnson received the inaugural Schwartz Research Fund Visionary Grant, worth $375,000, to support her research that will delve deeply into understanding how human milk nutrients contribute directly to infant gastrointestinal health.
A study of orb weaver spiders finds their massive webs act as auditory arrays that capture sounds, possibly giving spiders advanced warning of incoming prey or predators.
Anthropologist Yohko Tsuji views old age in America from a cross-cultural perspective, comparing aging in America and in her native Japan in her new book, “Through Japanese Eyes: Thirty Years of Studying Aging in America.”
“Shtisel,” an Israeli television series about a family living in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, is an international hit on Netflix. Its director and writer, Yehonathan Indursky, will talk about the series during “The Making of Shtisel,” an online event hosted by Cornell’s Jewish Studies Program on March 24.
Nigel Lockyer, an accomplished physicist and laboratory leader, has been selected as the new director at the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE). Lockyer comes to Cornell with a wealth of experience in physics and accelerator sciences, having most recently served as the director of the Fermi National Accelerator Lab (Fermilab).