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Alumni

Award-winning chef continues to innovate

A&S Communications

Irene Li '15, co-founder of Boston's Mei Mei restaurant, is leading the way in the areas of ethical sourcing and fair employment practices.

Science & Technology Studies

PhD student combines passion for music with technology and sociology

A&S Communications

“I was in Arts & Sciences so I had the freedom to take courses in everything from Asian studies to physics."

History of art

Art history professor receives grant for global seminars

A&S Communications

Iftikhar Dadi, associate professor of history of art, has received a $238,000 grant from the Getty Foundation's Connecting Art Histories initiative for a series of research seminars. The project, “Connecting Modern Art Histories in and across Africa, South and Southeast Asia,” is a collaboration between Cornell’s Institute of Comparative Modernities (ICM), the Dhaka Art Summit in Bangladesh, and Asia Art Archives in Hong Kong. ​

Technology in teaching

Study probes effect of virtual reality on learning

Cornell Chronicle

The simulation, “Learning Moon Phases in Virtual Reality,” is part of a multi-phase research study to determine whether the compelling, immersive nature of virtual reality (VR) provides a better learning outcome than conventional hands-on activities. The study – which found no significant difference among hands-on, computer simulation or VR learning – is one of the first to look at the impacts of VR on learning.

Milstein Program

Milstein program brings 'Hamilton' producer, design thinking expert to campus for public talks

A&S Communications

The program "hopes to stimulate conversation across the campus about technology, visionary thinking and education.”

Alumni mentoring

Winter networking events break attendance records

A&S Communications

A new alumni gift helps students with travel and lodging expenses.

Neurobiology & Behavior

Study: Mosquitoes can hear up to 10 meters away

Cornell Chronicle

Mosquitoes can hear at distances that usually require eardrums, yet all they're listening with are feathery antennae with fine hairs.

Teaching innovation

Active Learning Initiative funds nine projects

Cornell Chronicle

In all, 70 faculty members will work on substantially changing the way they teach in more than 40 courses to over 4,500 students.

Edmundo Paz-Soldan
Romance studies

Let the novel speak

Cornell Research

This Cornell Research profile explores the work of Edmundo Paz-Soldán, professor of Spanish literature in the Department of Romance Studies.The story says that Paz-Soldán initially shied away from devoting his life to literature.

Student experiences

Students develop Cornell-specific dating algorithm just in time for Valentine’s Day

A&S Communications

Students created an algorithm, interviewed 100 happy couples and entered survey data from students about their Cornell-specific likes and dislikes to determine perfect matches.