When it hasn't been your day, it might be time to turn to Facebook friends for a little positive reinforcement. According to a new study by social scientists, emotions can spread among users of online social networks.
A versatile architectural technology created by a Cornell design professor has been adopted by sustainability-minded students to build bamboo-based hurricane- and earthquake-resistant structures.
Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced Dec. 4 a $50 million investment in Cornell Tech. The investment includes a significant gift for the first phase of capital development on the Roosevelt Island campus.
Events on campus this week include an African development conference, a modern farce at the Schwartz Center, new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum, and M.F.A. writers collaborating with artificial intelligence programs.
Artist Peter Gerakaris, BFA '03, has created a tropically themed art installation at a community gallery on Roosevelt Island, commissioned to coincide with the Cornell Tech groundbreaking celebration.
In Ensemble X's April Fool's Day concert, all is not as it seems. Coded messages, double meanings, pandemonium and musical mishaps abound. The free is concert on Saturday, April 1, at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall.
Cornellians' contributions to the study of poetry are reflected in a new edition of an essential reference work, edited by an alumnus and with entries written by more than 15 faculty and alumni. (Aug. 22, 2012)
Robert Morgan, a poet, fiction writer and Cornell professor, discussed his Daniel Boone biography at the first Literary Luncheon, Sept. 25. Helena Maria Viarmontes will be the guest speaker Oct. 15. (Oct. 1, 2008)
Events this week include concerts by Califone and Shonen Knife, a country music-filled comedy at the Schwartz Center, reflections from a Sudanese artist and a forum on indigenous environmental issues. (Oct. 15, 2009)
The editors of R&D Magazine and MicroNano Newsletter have selected DNA buckyballs created by Dan Luo, Cornell assistant professor of biological and environmental engineering, as one of the 25 "most innovative products of 2006…