A pilot project in Mexico is bringing together Cornell researchers and Maya leaders to manage community forests for biodiversity conservation now and livelihoods, including bee-keeping and ecotourism, into the future.
J. Meejin Yoon, B.Arch. ’95, will return to Cornell as the next dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. Her five-year term as the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean begins Jan. 1, 2019.
Boyce Thompson Institute professor Maria Harrison is the 2015 winner of the Dennis R. Hoagland Award for her research into the symbiotic relationship between plant roots and fungi.
Virtual events and resources at Cornell include: Images of Dragon Days past; Cornell experts discuss COVID-19; “Cosmos” and spotlight on women artists at the Johnson Museum; student theater and film updates; and a citizen science project surveying breeding birds.
Kelly Musick, associate professor of policy analysis and management in the College of Human Ecology, has been appointed to a five-year term as director of the Cornell Population Center.
Official statistics on use of deadly force by police resulting in death underreport the reality; a new study finds much higher rates of police homicide that varies by region.
Humans have a cognitive bias toward earning, which makes us unconsciously spend more brain power on earning than on saving, according to a new Cornell study.
The McNair Scholars Program, designed to increase the attainment of Ph.D.s among first generation, low-income and underrepresented students, inducted 16 undergraduates April 9.
The Department of Mathematics in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences offers a Senior Seminar in which graduate students teach Ithaca High School advanced topics in math.