The way perceptual systems are organized in the brain depends on the way we perform actions with our hands, according to a new theory proposed by Cornell psychology scholars.
More than two dozen staff members who earned degrees at Cornell or other institutions this year while also working at the university were celebrated in a ceremony held June 10 at the East Hill Office Building.
Opening on Veterans Day, the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection exhibition traces the interplay of form and function across conflict and couture – while highlighting Cornell’s land-grant legacy of military service.
We are living in “an enormously consequential time for our university, for all of higher education and for our country,” President Michael I. Kotlikoff said in the annual State of the University address, Oct. 24 in Call Auditorium.
Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, shared takeaways from his decade-long AI research during a lecture kicking off the Cornell University School of Continuing Education’s Summer Events Series.
President Michael I. Kotlikoff told the nearly 4,800 first-year and transfer students and family members gathered Aug. 19 at Schoellkopf Field for New Student Convocation to “learn from the people who don’t think and speak like you.”
Cynthia Dwork, a computer scientist at Harvard University and pioneer of modern data privacy, will present three public lectures at Cornell May 5-7 as part of the University and Messenger Lecture Series.
As students express their interest in religion, faith-based organizations and the campus itself are evolving to meet their needs, including the addition of a Hindu temple in Anabel Taylor Hall.
The celebration also features a welcome speech at 12:15 p.m. by Elaine L. Westbrooks, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, and open houses for the new Anthropology Collaboratory and Library Map Collection.