As Cornell University Library’s physical spaces remain temporarily closed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, librarians are opening digital doors for Cornell’s community of scholars.
Eleven Cornell students worked all summer to move their businesses forward, thanks to the Marla and Barry ’90 Beck Entrepreneurship Fellows Program, which supports students in their entrepreneurial pursuits.
Phillip Nicholson, an astronomy professor at Cornell University who studies the solar system, says they’re very predictable – you can actually calculate future eclipse times within a few seconds. But millions of years from now, total solar eclipses will only be a thing of the past.
The seminar explores the ways in which women, people of color and others have been marginalized in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and how to address exclusion.
On May 4, Cornell’s Program on Ethics and Public Life (EPL) began releasing a series of online documentaries showcasing the diverse, sometimes clashing views of leading China scholars on “Where Is China Headed?”
Colleagues and linguistic scholars have contributed to a book honoring Alan Nussbaum, Cornell professor of classics and linguistics, on his 65th birthday.
A Cornell researcher, who is a leader in developing a new type of gene editing CRISPR system, and colleagues have used the new method for the first time in human cells – a major advance in the field.