The School of Criticism and Theory attracted graduate students and scholars from around the world for dynamic intellectual inquiry and interaction with leading critical thinkers and theorists. (Aug. 4, 2010)
Cornell has hired an architect to design permanent barriers on gorge bridges. Nader Tehrani, of the firm Office dA, will create designs for suicide deterrents on six bridges. (Sept. 1, 2010)
A $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health has established a new Center for Reproductive Genomics that will connect reproductive scientists across Cornell.
The $30,000 awards recognize outstanding tenured faculty members early in their careers for distinguished research and scholarly achievements, combined with their continuing commitment to Cornell.
Cornell scientists have discovered a new high-definition system that allows electrons to travel through soil farther and more efficiently than previously thought, according to Nature Communication, March 31.
The Atkinson Forum in American Studies will present 'American Baroque in the 21st Century: Old Meets New at the King of Instruments,' a concert festival and symposium Sept. 21-22. (Sept. 5, 2012)
Naoto Kan, Japan’s prime minister from 2010 to 2011, discussed his experience leading his country through the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in a March 28 talk at the Statler Auditorium.
The Alan T. and Linda M. Beimfohr Lecture series will bring intellectuals to campus to address issues related to faith in a pluralistic society. Historian John Sommerville will give the inaugural talk Oct. 12. (Oct. 3, 2011)
Research teams led by professors Robert Bruce van Dover and Hadas Kress-Gazit have both been granted up to $7.5 million from the U.S. Department of Defense for autonomous systems and AI research.
The archive of lesbian musician Gretchen Phillips, co-founder of the trailblazing band Two Nice Girls, sheds light on what it was like to be gay in the 1980s, when gay lives were rarely visible.