Thirteen student-community projects received grants through the Community Partnership Funding Board’s latest round of funding. Their shared goal: to bring social justice to the community.
Kristen Warner, who studies the impact of racial representation in the performing arts, highlights the shutout of Ava Duvernay’s “Origin” across the board, as well as racial politics of the Oscars.
The study presents an unexpected connection between spermidine, a long-known compound present in all living cells, and sirtuins, an enzyme family that regulates many life-essential functions.
Democratic backsliding is occurring in an unprecedented number of wealthy countries once thought immune to such forces – the United States among them, finds a new analysis led by Cornell political scientists.
Some Americans felt betrayed when Oprah Winfrey recently revealed that she had taken weight-loss medication, writes Adrienne Bitar, lecturer in the American Studies Program, in a CNN op-ed.
Cornell Cinema's spring semester film slate features a mix of contemporary and classic films selected to spark curiosity, inspire understanding, and advance teaching across disciplines.
A Cornell historian says one of the most important aspects of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy was his insistence on speaking up against social and economic injustice.
The research shows how changes in salinity may affect life in aquatic habitats on Earth and widens the possibilities for where life may be found throughout our solar system.
A watertight legal basis for confiscations is lacking because the US and its allies are not openly at war with Moscow, argues historian Nicholas Mulder in an op-ed.
Idyllic images of the Philippines taken by a Cornell alumnus in 1902 illuminate the tumultuous U.S. annexation of the archipelago in the aftermath of the Philippine-American War, according to a Ph.D. student in history.
Kate Manne writes that “food noise,” ubiquitous on social media, is a rebrand of some of the most basic human drives: hunger, appetite, craving – and she argues that we should resist this reframing.
A&S young alumni are among this year’s group of 150 scholars, who are from 43 countries and 114 universities. Schwarzman Scholars, an international program, nurtures a network of future global leaders.
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, an expert in Africana studies, wrote about how America should respond to its history of racism in an opinion piece in The Washington Post.
Laura Brown's research looks beyond “the singular, autonomous, rational, human protagonist" to find that many other-than-human presences appear in literature – with a lot to say to readers.
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Cornell University Graduate School
Dean’s Scholars are selected for their demonstrated commitment to academic excellence and advancing aspects of diversity, access, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the academy and other communities.
The rebuilt and rewired instrument, designed by theorist David Rothenberg and built by renowned synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog Ph.D. ’65, is now a part of Cornell’s instrument collection.
When Dead & Company came to Cornell in May for a benefit concert commemorating the Grateful Dead’s famed “Cornell ’77” show, it drew thousands to Barton Hall. The March announcement of the show was the most-viewed Chronicle story of 2023.
On Dec. 12, Jamila Michener offered expert testimony during a New York State Senate committee hearing focused on the causes and effects of poverty in the state’s small and midsized cities.
With Professor Strogatz helping to lead the charge, the Math 101 initiative will attempt to decrease disparities, democratize the subject and better prepare young people to solve math problems.
Cornell researchers are part of a project to enable sustainable hardware for AI and quantum computing, one of 11 projects selected by DOE to receive a total of $73 million.
As part of the Cornell University 2023 Stewardship Report, this story highlights how donor philanthropy is supporting faculty and their pursuit of new knowledge and solutions that do the greatest good for people and communities all around the world.
Historian David Silbey gives perspective to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy scheduled meeting with President Biden ahead of a joint news conference.
Students can take a deeper dive into cult cinema by enrolling in Black Cult Media (PMA 4403), an online three-credit course that will be offered for the first time during Cornell’s Winter Session, Jan. 2-19.
