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A&S parents

Cornell Family Fellows spring weekend 2019 offers some surprises

Alumni Affairs & Development

When the Cornell Family Fellows Program hosted its spring weekend March 9-10 there was one slightly unexpected outcome. “The parents talked about math the whole weekend!” said Mindy Stevenson, assistant director of Parent Engagement in the division of Alumni Affairs and Development.

NGC4945 Galaxy image
Astronomy & Physics

Telescopes to help decode the cosmos

Cornell Research

As humans, we have an insatiable desire to understand the cosmos and our place in it. How did the universe begin and how did it evolve? What is the nature of dark matter and dark energy? How will it all end? “These are the most fundamental questions one can ask,” says Steve Kang Hoon Choi, Cornell Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow. “If we believe greater knowledge betters our lives, then this is what drives us to study the cosmos.”

Biology

Two biologists elected to National Academy of Sciences

Cornell Chronicle

Maria Harrison, the William H. Crocker Professor at Boyce Thompson Institute and adjunct professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science, and Mariana Wolfner, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences, are among 100 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, the academy announced April 30.

Cell research

Facility upgrades invigorate immunology, cell research

Cornell Chronicle

Hailed as “transformative” and “a historic achievement” by faculty members, a strategic investment of close to $2 million directed by Provost Michael Kotlikoff has improved Cornell’s capabilities in flow cytometry, which is pivotal in cell research.

Innovative teaching

Provost’s seminar celebrates innovation in teaching

Cornell Chronicle

The Provost’s Seminar on Teaching and Learning brought nearly 75 faculty and instructors together to share and celebrate innovations in teaching at Cornell.

Research & Scholarship

Klarman postdoctoral fellowship program announced

Cornell Chronicle

The program will support early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise.

What Makes Us Human?

Podcast shows how piped-in water changes lives

A&S Communications

“Imagine how much water you use a day, and then imagine having to carry every ounce of that to your home."

What Makes Us Human?

Clean 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.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

NYC’s Public Theater director: “Use theater to cross boundaries”

A&S Communications

Oskar Eustis believes that theatre can help people learn what it’s like to be a true citizen in a democracy – not what our country is experiencing right now, but in a true democracy — where people have conflicts, try to understand each other, compromise, empathize and come up with solutions.

Physics & Astronomy

Junior awarded Goldwater Scholarship

A&S Communications

The scholarship supports students pursuing graduate study and careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.