As many as one in four children in Flint, Michigan – far above the national average – may have experienced elevated blood lead levels after the city’s 2014 water crisis, finds new research by Jerel Ezell, assistant professor in the Africana Studies and Research Center.
Sturt Manning, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Classical Archaeology, is leading investigations into the timelines of ancient events, using tree ring data to refine the widely used radiocarbon dating method.
Online events and Cornell resources include a choral music listening party, a staff community chat, student work from Rome, gardening classes for kids, and virtual auditions for a fall production of “How I Learned to Drive.”
Cornell astronomers have published the final maps of Saturn moon Titan’s liquid methane rivers and tributaries, providing context for the next scheduled expedition in the 2030s.
Visiting Critic Stella Betts, architecture, speaks with Mitchell Carson (M.Arch. '22) about political aspects of public space today and the convergence of art and architecture practice.
Rachel Beatty Riedl, an expert in international studies, says Africa is the first place to look for an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, given Africa’s success in dealing with the Ebola virus.
Starting this fall, all incoming students in the College of Arts and Sciences will meet weekly in small groups with a faculty member to help make their transition to college life easier.
Since 2015, the CHAMPS program has provided opportunities for high-caliber students from groups traditionally underrepresented in biomedical careers to engage in scholarship and research.
In a conversation with President Martha E. Pollack, as part of the university’s Hatfield Lecture, Marriott president and CEO Anthony Capuano ’87 talked about how humility and listening are crucial elements of leadership.
The major gift from the Brooks family, whose Cornell roots span three generations, provides an early boost to help the university’s newest school achieve world-class excellence.