Cornell researchers developed a tool that tracks alertness by measuring pupil size, captured through a burst of photographs taken every time users unlock their smartphones.
Professor of English and comparative literature Jonathan Culler will join 31 other scholars as a fellow at the National Humanities Center for the 2011-12 academic year. (May 3, 2011)
Kimberlé Crenshaw '81, a professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, School of Law and Columbia Law and specialist in race and gender theory, will present a lecture and several other talks and participate in meetings.
Five renowned panelists spoke to international veterinary students and others about the need to foster creativity in the sciences July 30 on campus. (Aug. 1, 2012)
Cornell students were immersed into “expeditionary learning” this January in a rural Taos, New Mexico, high school. They worked on multidisciplinary projects that get students out into the community.
Chemistry professor Héctor Abruña will lead a Department of Energy-sponsored Energy Frontier Research Center at Cornell, aimed at developing next-generation, alkaline-based fuel cells.
Events on campus this week include organ concerts in Sage; concerts in Bailey; lectures by economist David Card, Steven Zunes, Ph.D. '90, Nick Salvato and Hod Lipson; poetry readings; museum events. (March 10, 2011)
In his new history of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, historian Fredrik Logevall draws on new sources to tell the story of disastrous foreign policy decisions. (Sept. 28, 2012)
Cornell chemical engineers and astronomers have theorized a new kind of methane-based cell membrane that could thrive in the harsh, cold conditions of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.