At the crossroads of arts and sciences at Cornell stands a very popular attraction: a Monday afternoon lecture series on "Mind and Memory," that has fast become an academic rite of spring.
Editor's picks for events the week of Jan. 23 include the opening of a new play about body image, films about water, Soup and Hope and a celebration of the Lunar New Year. (Jan. 22, 2009)
Stephen Morgan, professor of sociology, says his new study finds that comparing U.S. schools to schools in other countries can actually lower public support for U.S. education. (Oct. 29, 2012)
Cornell’s pioneering, engineering women – Kate Gleason, Nora Stanton Blatch and Olive Wetzel Dennis – advanced the science of their discipline beyond all expectation of their male peers.
Natalie Mahowald, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, will help develop the chapter on the physical science basis for climate change. (Sept. 20, 2010)
Scientists from Cornell's R3 Group and other schools celebrated 10 years of genetic collaboration at the group's 10th anniversary conference on campus, Oct. 3-4.
A Cornell professor will share in a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a significant advance in the realism of computer graphics and animation.
Want to earn more? Learn how your organization's compensation system works and how you fit into the picture, says ILR School Professor Kevin Hallock in his new book, 'Pay.' (Oct. 24, 2012)
Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times Iraq war correspondent and television news commentator, will deliver a free public lecture on Monday, Oct. 25, at 4:45 p.m. in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall at Cornell University.