The technique, the approach of a new Cornell-led collaboration, could prove to be a boon for creating new and improved derivatives of pharmaceutical compounds.
Rachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.
Thomas Feng, a doctoral student in performance practice, is identifying and cataloging the piano music of the late Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru, a composer with a cult following.
Intricate nanotextures in thin-film materials offer scientists a new, streamlined approach to analyzing potential candidates for quantum computing and microelectronics.
In a new Cornell psychology study, female applicants for scholarships or jobs were viewed less favorably than males when study participants, acting as decision-makers, were shown “sexy” social media photos of the applicants.
After graduating high school, enlisting in the U.S. Army, and nearly finishing his undergraduate studies at Cornell – Andy Shin '23, M.P.A. '25 gained his citizenship last November.
A 15-year collaboration in which Cornell astrophysicists have played leading roles has found the first evidence of gravitational waves slowly undulating through the galaxy.
New Cornell sociology research: The “widowhood effect” – the tendency for married people to die in close succession – is accelerated when spouses don’t know each other’s friends well.
Through historical research and instrumental innovations – like playing on a seven-string guitar – Michael Poll has developed a framework to "translate" lute and violin pieces for guitar.
“Campfire,” an original short film by Associate Professor Austin Bunn, won the Provincetown International Film Festival’s "best queer short" award, making it eligible for an Academy Award nomination.
In new research, Andrew Campana examines cinema-centered poetry in Japan from the 1910s and 1920s, discovering the ways poetry chronicles lasting human impressions left by “new” media.
Remembered as "a remarkable scholar and teacher, a true polymath," Miller was heralded for extending traditional boundaries of philosophy to incorporate the social sciences.
“Gas-trophysics Across the Universe,” a July 15 symposium, will celebrate the work and lives of renowned Cornell astronomers Peter Gierasch and Riccardo Giovanelli.
Dean Ray Jayawardhana told staff on June 7: “You are what makes this place run and what makes the College the exciting and vibrant place it is. I’m lucky to be embedded among such a dedicated, proud and spirited group of people.”
Commentary in the Washington Post: Americans have never agreed about what should be taught when it comes to our nation’s history and government, which has real implications for schoolchildren.
Distinguished mathematician, award-winning teacher and well-known science communicator Steven Strogatz has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Winokur chair.
Forty-three student scholars, including nine from Arts and Sciences, were honored at this year’s 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony on May 23.
The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability’s Academic Venture Fund will support 11 new projects across nine colleges; three include Arts & Sciences investigators.
In "The Consciousness Revolutions," Shimon Edelman traces the evolution of consciousness, from the most basic phenomenal awareness of bacteria to the pleasures and pains of human self-consciousness to the political possibilities of social consciousness.
Cornell is breaking new ground in electron beam research with the HERACLES beamline, a state-of-the-art electron gun that mimics the harsh environments of the world’s largest particle colliders.
Popularized in 2022 by Open AI’s ChatGPT, generative artificial intelligence threatens to undermine trust in democracies when misused, but may also be harnessed for public good.
