In his new book, "The Death of Caesar: The Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination," Barry Strauss says Caesar's propensity for taking risks led him to the Roman Senate on the Ides of March, the day of his assassination.
At a recent community showcase, undergraduates involved in the Biology Service Leaders program presented projects that ranged from testing water quality in local streams to teaching biology to people in prison.
The Department of Performing and Media Arts is launching new initiatives, experiments in collaboration and fresh opportunities for students in the 2013-14 Schwartz Center season.
Princeton theoretical physicist William Bialek will lecture on "More Perfect than We Imagined: A Physicist's View of Life" Wednesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
Provost Kent Fuchs has announced that Stephanie Wiles, director of Oberlin College's Allen Memorial Art Museum since 2004, will be the next director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs will present a lecture, “Reclaiming America’s Democracy,” on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Experts from the Morgan Library and Museum will give lectures in conjunction with an exhibition of master drawings at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
Events on campus this week include a new exhibition of art and architecture by Richard Meier, a concert by Dick and Judy Hyman, President Skorton's annual address to staff and a lecture on Asian art. (Oct. 4, 2012)
A U.S. Department of Energy agency has awarded $1 million to Cornell researchers, who are using programmed microbes to mine rare-earth minerals used in consumer electronics and advanced renewable energy.
Lakes of liquid methane that pock the landscape on Saturn’s moon Titan were likely formed by explosive, pressurized nitrogen just under the moon’s crusty surface.