Frank Wise, the Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Engineering, is the new director of the Cornell Center for Materials Research, replacing Melissa Hines, who held the post for 12 years.
Tamara Loos, associate professor of history and an expert on gender and sexuality in 19th-century Siam, has consulted on an upcoming revival of "The King and I" at Lincoln Center.
A Cornell Forensics Society team made up of Julia Montejo ’17 and Jose Martinez ’18 took top honors in the Spanish division of the Pan American University Debating Championship Jan. 25 in Miami, Florida.
A collaboration between Cornell and Ithaca's Kitchen Theatre Company has found a new way to make physics irresistible, with “Physics Fair,” an original musical theater production.
Emeritus professor Jerrold Meinwald, who was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2014 by President Obama and is credited with co-founding the field of chemical ecology, died on April 23 at 91.
Cornellians gathered March 4 for talks on food ethics by Andrew Chignell, visiting associate professor of philosophy, and on small farms by Anu Rangarajan, director of the Cornell Small Farms Program.
Robert Howarth has been appointed to the new Climate Action Council, created to bring about New York’s path to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions and support green energy.
Gavriel Shapiro, professor of comparative and Russian literature, will talk about his new book about the unusual harmony between Vladimir Nabokov and his father April 10 at 4:45 p.m. in in 106G Olin Library.