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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

A century ago, Cornell provided 4,598 commissioned officers to fight in World War I – more than any other institution, including West Point.

Experts on gender and plant breeding at Nov. 10 symposium

Experts in gender and research on plant breeding tools will gather at Cornell Nov. 10 to address that topic in public talks, 9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in B75 Warren Hall. RSVP here.

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 White’s vision remains a work in progress.

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.

A&S student combines interests in CS, social systems to study teams

Andrew Wang '19 found that having a confident teammate can do more to boost a person’s self-confidence than having a smart and skillful teammate.

Why Trump’s immigration rhetoric may not help Republicans at the polls

Peter Enns, associate professor of government and executive director of the Roper Center and Jonathon Schuldt, associate professor of communication and a faculty affiliate at the Roper Center, studied whether Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric would help or hurt Republicans going into today's elections and report

Study reveals why tropical mountains are so biodiverse

Tropical mountain species are especially vulnerable to rapid climate change, Cornell researchers find.