Professor Ross Brann discussed how racist depictions of the behavior and appearance of Jews and Muslims encouraged ancient peoples to view them as others in a talk held Nov. 16 in the Alice Statler Auditorium in Statler Hall.
Cornell University Library published the catalog Fables in Jewish Culture: The Jon A. Lindseth Collection, a comprehensive guide to the nearly 400 Jewish fables from around the world that Lindseth entrusted to the library in 2018.
In a welcome event held Oct. 27, Cornell Bowers CIS introduced newly declared students to the range of services and opportunities now available to them, and held a faculty panel to give advice to the new majors.
Launched by the Office of Global Learning (OGL), the story circles initiative is intended to bridge the gaps in intercultural understanding between Cornell’s international and domestic populations.
A light sail, which uses the momentum of sunlight to travel through space and could one day propel small spacecraft through interstellar realms, is headed to the International Space Station for testing on behalf of Cornell’s Space Systems Design Studio.
The Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) is helping four small businesses advance their technology to grow the innovation economy in New York state.
A Cornell-led international team of researchers has received a $65,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for its project, “The Next Monsoon: Climate Change and Contemporary Cultural Production in South Asia.”
Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University have been awarded a five-year, $9.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to help combat cancer disparities fueled by persistent poverty.
