The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a symposium at Cornell Plantations March 15. The event is free and open to the public.
Michael Fontaine's studies underscore that many of our current concerns are rediscoveries of themes from Rome and Greece. He has been tracing these parallels in a field not often studied in classics departments: modern psychiatry.
Making lifelike wax molds of their own faces to replicate Roman funeral masks, Cornell researchers explored the significance of materials in the ancient practice of remembering deceased ancestors.
For the colorful, graceful sea fans swaying among the coral reefs in the waters around Puerto Rico, copper is an emerging threat in an era of warming oceans, according to new Cornell research.
As part of the Art of Horticulture course, three student designers modeled their own creations at a fashion show, with clothes made from plants. (Oct. 16, 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.
The Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art will host a workshop April 13 celebrating the recent donations of two extensive video art archives, including works from the Experimental Television Center. (April 6, 2011)
Cornell law professor Jens Ohlin and U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, an alumnus serving in the U.S. Congress after a long military career, jointly argued June 9 for fundamental changes in how America goes to war.
Students engage with the local community at the BEAR Walk Community Fair geared to all Collegetown residents Sept. 5, and CU Downtown, Sept. 7 on the Ithaca Commons.
Assistant professor of English Jeremy Braddock provides a fresh perspective on the making of modernism in his new book, 'Collecting as Modernist Practice.' (March 26, 2012)