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Psychology

Psychologists solve mystery of songbird learning

A&S Communications

Animal models give us insight into how humans learn language, but it turns out a favorite research model has been entirely misunderstood.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

A first: Cornell researchers quantify photocurrent loss in particle interface

A&S Communications

With a growing global population will come increased energy consumption, and sustainable forms of energy sources such as solar fuels and solar electricity will be in even greater demand. And as these forms of power proliferate, the focus will shift to improved efficiency.

What Makes Us Human?

Unequal Parenting

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.

What Makes Us Human?

Interstellar Water

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fourth season, "What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and love. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the spring semester.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Meeting the power of chemistry

Cornell Research

When 17-year-old Hendryck A. Gellineau applied to Cornell in 2014, he believed that having a strong understanding of biology would prepare him for medical school. Gellineau is one of the students featured in this Cornell Research story. He was also interested in drug development research and didn’t know what would help prepare him for it.

Mathematics

Math prof uses optimal control, game theory to attack cancer cells, move pedestrians, plan paths for robots

A&S Communications

Alex Vladimirsky is the type of mathematician who draws inspiration from real-world problems. This was one of his main reasons for joining Cornell, where interdisciplinary collaborations are both valued and encouraged.

American studies

When the State of the Union (address) is poisonously partisan

The Hill

In a recent op-ed for political magazine, The Hill, Professor Glenn Altschuler of American History at Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences discusses the historical tranistion of the political use of the State of the Union address.

Latina/o Studies

Zine project features voices in the Latinx community

Faculty from Cornell and Ithaca College worked with community partners to create Bien Acompañada Press, which released its first edition this month.

Alumni

Company Man

Cornell Athletics

Andy Potash ’66 knows how to stay busy. It started at Cornell, where he was a two-sport varsity athlete playing both sprint football and lacrosse, while also being in a fraternity and serving as the senior class president. Prior to his final year on East Hill, he worked a summer internship with Bayly, Martin, & Fay (now part of AON) and accepted a job with the company immediately following graduation.

English

Two win Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prizes

A&S Communications

The 2018 winners of the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced by Abdilatif Abdalla, chair of the prize’s board of trustees.The fiction prize winner is Tanzanian writer Zainab Alwi Baharoon, for "Mungu Hakopeshwi." The poetry category winner is Kenyan author Jacob Ngumbau Julius, for “Moto wa Kifuu.”Baharoon and Julius will each receive $5,000 awards. The prizes will be awarded in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Feb. 15.

What Makes Us Human?

Climate Change Inequality

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.

What Makes Us Human?

Waterways of Venice

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fourth season, "What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and love. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the spring semester.

Sociology

Streaming chill vibes? Spotify data says the season is the reason

A&S Communications

Are you a night owl? Do you live in the north? New research finds our music choices are influenced by time of day, season, and even gender.

Psychology

Scientists tackle breeding challenges of land mine-finding rats

A&S Communications

Thousands of people – many of them children – are hurt or killed by land mines each year, so finding these devices before they explode is critical.

What Makes Us Human?

Health Inequities

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.