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Art book reveals inner world of ‘The American Fraternity’

The black, faux-leather book cover declares “The American Fraternity,” and nothing else. The title page reads only “Ritual of Initiation.”

A&S student presents research at Emerging Scholars conference

Vanessa Navarro Rodriguez '19 works to understand why sexual exploitation happens during U.N. peacekeeping missions.

Both Work and Fun: Watershed Conservation in Alaska

This week, Ambassador Tait Stevenson tells us how he spent his summer in Alaska, supporting watershed conservation with creativity. By Tait Stevenson '20, Biological Sciences (Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Concentration)

Event connects Arts & Sciences scholars across the college

Students included College Scholars, Presidential Research Scholars, Tanner Dean’s Scholars, McNair Scholars and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows.

Podcast examines the psychobiology of love

“Love Science” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series, explores the behavioral, psychological, and neural components of love -- and its loss.

Alumna fights to eradicate polio

Deblina Datta '90 visited campus Oct. 19 for a career conversation hosted by the Arts & Sciences Career Development Center.

Cornell honors veterans, celebrates Armistice centennial

… Nov. 11, 1918. On Nov. 10-11, Cornell will remember their service at a Centennial Celebration, Nov. 10, 4:30-7 p.m. in … Day, which recognizes all military veterans and active service men and women, McGraw Tower will be lit green from … and Rick Burgess, vice president for facilities and campus services, will read final letters home. Readings and …

Experts on gender and plant breeding at Nov. 10 symposium

… Tufan said. The full event program is available on the  official event flyer . Samantha Hautea is a communications …

Defining 'the people,' expanding the vote

It’s a little-known fact of U.S. history that in the early 1800s, while most African-Americans were enslaved, freed black men in some states had the right to vote.

Five alumni to serve in the 116th Congress

Sharice Davids J.D. '10 is one of the first two Native American women elected and A&S grad Kurt Schrader ’73 was re-elected to a sixth term in Oregon.

‘Lost’ lecture by Carl Sagan released in honor of his birthday

Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute honored Sagan's birthday by releasing a lecture he gave in 1994, “The Age of Exploration.”

Lecture examines racism, sexism and class in Trump-era elections

Carrying out Ezra Cornell’s vision in teaching, research, practices

… Ezra Cornell’s promise of 150 years ago and Andrew Dickson … law, Peñalver participated in a faculty panel discussion of Ezra's vision Oct. 30 in Kennedy Hall. About 60 people … Carrying out Ezra Cornell’s vision in teaching, research, practices …

Neuroscientist receives grant for aging research

Nilay Yapici, assistant professor of neurobiology and behavior, has received a 2018 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Research Grants for Junior Faculty from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR). The grant provides an early career investigator with up to $100,000 for one to two years to support research focused on aging processes and age-related diseases.

Forum to examine sustainability and nonhuman primates

Humans share 98.8 percent of their DNA – as well as tool use and systems of communication – with bonobos and chimpanzees. Yet human activity threatens these “next of kin” great apes with extinction. In “Apes and Sustainability,” a forum on Nov. 15, activists, scholars, scientists and humanists will explore new perspectives on preserving nonhuman great apes in sustainable ways. The event will be held in the A.D. White House’s Guerlac Room 4:30-6:30 p.m., followed by a reception.