The two-volume "Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies" feature distinguished senior and emerging scholars from across the human, social and natural sciences.
President Martha E. Pollack announced the eight winners of the Stephen H. Weiss Awards Oct. 18. The awards recognize members of the faculty for excellence in teaching undergraduate students and contributing to undergraduate education at the university.
College of Arts and Sciences faculty and graduate students are invited to submit proposals to digitize Cornell collections by Jan. 31. more than two dozen faculty members place collections online.
A new technique that combines electricity and chemistry offers a way for pharmaceuticals to be manufactured in an easily scaled-up and sustainable way.
Events on campus include the Internet Cat Video Festival; talks on social justice, service and community engagement; classical concerts, lectures and a 'Keyboard Networks' symposium.
Roger H. Farrell, professor emeritus of mathematics, died Sept. 28 at Hospicare in Ithaca, New York. He was 88. An expert in mathematical statistics, Farrell joined the Department of Mathematics in 1959.
Four undergraduates recently presented their research – conducted with the help of equipment donations from Facebook – at a major conference on computer vision.
Six panels of Arts and Sciences faculty will share their latest research on topics as diverse as technology and humanitarianism in a series of "Big Ideas" panel discussions this semester.
Urbano, a free software recently launched by Cornell researchers, employs data and metrics to help urban planners add walkability features to their designs.