In a conversation with President Martha E. Pollack, as part of the university’s Hatfield Lecture, Marriott president and CEO Anthony Capuano ’87 talked about how humility and listening are crucial elements of leadership.
The Cornell Speech and Debate Society will argue the pros and cons of universal basic income during a public debate, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at ILR’s New York City headquarters, 570 Lexington Ave.
In “The Autocratic Middle Class: How State Dependency Reduces the Demand for Democracy,” author Bryn Rosenfeld connects rapidly growing middle classes in post-Soviet countries with growing authoritarianism in those countries.
The long period of helplessness in human babies and other species, long thought to be a drain on resources, is actually an evolutionary advantage, Cornell researchers say.
Cornell’s Ithaca campus is making preparations to resume one of the core aspects of the university’s mission: research. The university has been cleared by New York state to restart certain research activities in a staged, limited manner.
Events this week include legendary guitarist Gary Lucas performing a live film score, the Cornell Symphony Orchestra in Bailey Hall, Locally Grown Dance at the Schwartz Center, and faculty talks on wild honeybees and legalizing cannabis.
Maps are more than two-dimensional representations of three-dimensional terrain – they are also powerful political tools to control territory, as sociologist Christine Leuenberger explains in her new book.
Researchers led by Nicholas Abbott, a Tisch University Professor in the Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, created a way of using synthetic liquid crystals to squeeze red blood cells and gain new insight into individual cells’ mechanical properties.