More than 45 Cornell scholars will be among the 4,600 sociologists sharing their recent research at the annual American Sociological Association meetings, Aug. 20-23. The research addresses society's most pressing problems.
Dan Maas was recognized at a national conference for his role as an adviser to Cornell's Emergency Medical Service, which was recognized for its EMS delivery at the same conference.
Architecture students moved into Milstein Hall on Aug. 24 to take their places in 16 studios. The building is open for business and nearly complete, with an auditorium set to open in October. (Aug. 29, 2011)
Messages in the online game Diplomacy reveal linguistic patterns that predict back-stabbing, according to a team of researchers at Cornell, the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado.
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, aimed at boosting the number of faculty members from historically disadvantaged groups in higher education, has issued a call for applications. (Feb. 18, 2010)
Nobelist Robert C. Richardson, an experimental low-temperature physicist and one of Cornell’s most influential administrators, died Feb. 19 in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 75.
Historian Barry Strauss separated myth from reality regarding the warrior Spartacus and contrasted ancient and modern military tactics used during insurgencies in a March 28 lecture in Manhattan. (March 29, 2011)
James Burlitch, who retired as professor of chemistry and chemical biology in 2004, is an expert in inorganic materials. But the materials that have stolen his heart recently are fine art photographs that he shoots around the…
Poet, novelist and short-story writer Robert Morgan, the Kappa Alpha Professor of English at Cornell, will receive an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters May 16. (April 19, 2007)