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Government

Students take sides in International Criminal Court simulation

Einaudi Center

Role-playing game lets participants into hearts and minds of people facing conflict.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Chemistry's Coates elected to National Academy of Sciences

Cornell Chronicle

Geoffrey W. Coates, the Tisch University Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, is one of 84 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the academy announced May 2.

Government

Power in World Politics

Cornell Research

For Peter J. Katzenstein, Government, the events that led to the financial crisis caused him to look again at important aspects in world politics.

Undergraduate Research

CURB enthusiasm: Undergrads show off research at forum

Cornell Chronicle

More than 80 students unveiled their scholarly work at the 32nd annual Spring Research Forum hosted April 27 by the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board (CURB).

English

English professors discuss friendship, collaborative project

Cornell Chronicle

Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Dagmawi Woubshet, associate professors of English, discussed their ongoing collaborative project with the public May 3 in Klarman Hall.

Neurobiology and Behavior

Colony density, not hormones, triggers honeybee 'puberty'

A&S Communications

Honeybees, it seems, do not enter “puberty” because of chemical signals like hormones.

English

A Natural Storyteller Talks about His Art

Cornell Research

Robert R.Morgan, professor of English, spoke about how writing and storytelling took over his life.

History

May 13 conference cultivates academic writing's creative side

A&S Communications

Cornell’s first Conference on Creative Academic Writing, exploring the relationship between artful prose and scholarly production, will be held May 13 in Klarman Hall. The community is welcome, and the conference is free.

United Kingdom’s Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees
Astronomy

U.K. astronomer Lord Rees speaks on Earth's future May 8

A&S Communications

After 4.5 billion years of existence, Earth’s fate may be determined this century by one species alone – ours. The unintended consequences of powerful technologies like nuclear, biotech and artificial intelligence have created high cosmic stakes for our world.

Psychology

To help tackle inequality, remember the advantages you've had

The New York Times

Thomas Gilovich, the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology, was featured in this New York Times article for his research with Shai Davidai that suggests that humans have a "quirk" that causes us to remember the obstacles we have overcome more vividly than the advantages we have been given.

Sociology

Immigration policy isn't just borders and fences. It's trade and aid, too.

The Washington Post

In, "Immigration policy isn't just borders and fences. It's trade in aid, too," Filiz Garip analyzes some of the factors that bring immigrants from Mexico to the United States.

Africana Studies and Research Center

Panel will examine history of white supremacy in government

A&S Communications

“A History of Official White Supremacy in the Era of Trump,” at 4:30 pm at the Africana Studies and Research Center, 310 Triphammer Rd, will discuss the history of white supremacy and what it means for the future.

In Memoriam

Robert Hughes, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 92

Cornell Chronicle

Robert E. Hughes, Ph.D. ’52, who taught chemistry at Cornell for 16 years and was co-founder of the University of Pennsylvania’s Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), died at his home in Round Hill, Virginia, April 2.

Student Research

Rawlings scholars navigate to senior research success

Cornell Chronicle

The Rawlings scholars program, which features a wide range of undergraduate research, provides significant support to students who have strong academic potential and intellectual curiosity.

New York City

‘A Tale of Three Cities’ continues Cornell-NYC Center for Jewish History collaboration

A&S Communications

Italy, land of piazzas and volcanoes, is also home to the oldest Jewish community in the Diaspora. Yet few readers outside of Italy know that some of the most important works of modern Italian literature were written by authors who are Jewish.  At 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 1, Kora von Wittelsbach will explore how the work of these Italian-Jewish writers relates to modern Italian and world literature.