As a consequence of missing data on tests for COVID-19 infection and imperfect accuracy of tests, reported rates of cumulative population infection are lower than actual rates of infection.
As the world watched on Monday afternoon, a large fire broke out at the historic Notre-Dame Cathedral, causing the spire to collapse onto the roof. Laurent Ferri, the curator of the pre-1800 Collections in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University, the former “conservateur du patrimoine” at the French National Archives, says the destruction of religious relics and rare works of art is a loss for all of the world.
Cornell is one of only seven institutions across the U.S. that will receive a funding award from the National Institutes of Health through a program aimed at increasing minority faculty in the biomedical sciences.
Regional knowledge economies such as Silicon Valley and New York City are one of several areas of research for the Center for the Study of Economy and Society's Economic Sociology Lab, supported by graduate researchers and undergraduate assistants.
Virtual events and Cornell resources include selections from the Centrally Isolated Film Festival; a Guy Davis concert rebroadcast on WVBR; a local species survey; a training session for undocumented community allies; and an online version of Cornell Library's Robert Moog exhibition.
Michael Fontaine, professor of classics in the College of Arts and Sciences, had fun publishing the first translation of 16th-century poet John Placentius’ playful “Pugna Porcorum” (“The Pig War”).
Tom Goldstone ’94 says his College of Arts and Sciences education has helped him make sense of the world. That’s what he does every day at CNN as executive producer of “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” a show whose mission – and tagline – is exactly that.
Christopher Morrison Pierce, M.S. ’19, a doctoral candidate in physics, and Brennan Hyden, a doctoral candidate in plant breeding, have been chosen for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.
College students are closely interconnected even if they aren't in the same classes, according to an analysis by sociology professors Kim Weeden and Ben Cornwell that is helping schools across the country plan for potential reopenings this fall.
