Teaching diverse students and recognizing their experiences and identities were among elements of inclusive pedagogy discussed by a student panel during New Faculty Orientation.
A collaboration between Cornell and Ithaca's Kitchen Theatre Company has found a new way to make physics irresistible, with “Physics Fair,” an original musical theater production.
President David Skorton told more than 300 new Ph.D. graduates they were "uniquely qualified to contribute" solutions to societal problems at a ceremony May 23 in Barton Hall.
When hunting and eating male katydids, different bat species locate their prey by listening for specific signals in male katydids' mating calls, according to a recent study.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has chosen Cornell President Emeritus Hunter R. Rawlings to head a commission to submit recommendations for improving the state of higher education in New York. (June 4, 2007)
A slate of six projects totaling more than $1 million has been announced to generate innovative research in the combined fields of agriculture, computation and engineering.
The July 18 anniversary celebration featured a panel discussion with Cornell astronomers, who recounted the significance of the Apollo 11 moon landing and layered it with historical context. (July 20, 2009)
Spanning the globe to bring you flavors from every continent -- the thrill of chocolate meeting espresso and the agony of seeing an empty ice cream cup: This is the Cornell University inaugural ice cream, Ezra and Andrew's World View. To follow the global theme of President Jeffrey S. Lehman's inauguration, David P. Brown, a senior extension associate in the Department of Food Science, was faced with a daunting task: Create an ice cream that features a flavor or component from every continent. (October 13, 2003)
Ceres2030, headquartered at Cornell, aims to end world hunger by 2030. Harnessing machine learning and librarian savvy, the project identified the most effective ways to boost crops, empower farmers and protect the environment.