Psychologist Tom Gilovich and a former Cornell graduate student have found people are haunted more by regrets about failing to fulfill their hopes and dreams than by regrets about failing to fulfill their responsibilities.
Events this week include a celebration of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art's 45th anniversary, ongoing exhibition of the Wicked Witch of the West's crystal ball and food science presentations.
At the fourth annual Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives’ Honors Awards Ceremony May 5, Cornellians received awards awards named after Cornell trailblazers.
The Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design has added a B.S. degree in fiber science and updated its curriculum for its renamed B.S. degree in fashion design and management.
The inauguration of Martha E. Pollack as the 14th president of Cornell will include a Festival of Scholarship, an academic symposium on communication and a street fair.
Cornell has begun removing the temporary fencing that has been on seven bridges on and around campus since 2010. This follows the installation of horizontal nets made of tensile steel mesh on the bridges.
Robert Sternberg, professor of human development, passed an exceptionally rare milestone recently: his research has been cited by other scholars more than 102,000 times.
On Giving Day 2019, held March 14, the university recorded the highest number of gifts received on any day in its history, breaking last year’s Giving Day record: 13,858 donors contributed $7,869,264 to Cornell.
“About Cornell,” a sesquicentennial magazine containing essays by students in an intermediate Chinese reading and writing course, will be sold in the Cornell Store later this spring.
Victor Nee, director of the Center for the Study of Economy and Society, has received a $1.2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to study capitalist institutions in China.