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Student Services

Peer advising program eases transition to college

A&S Communications

Upperclass students help first-year students navigate the social and extracurricular avenues of Cornell.

Asian Studies

Students enjoy exclusive access to Japan's treasured monasteries

A&S Communications

Students experienced the art and tradition they had been learning about during the semester.

Humanities

Klarman time capsule sealed into place

A&S Communications

The Klarman Hall time capsule is now sealed and buried, awaiting its discovery by future Cornell students during Cornell’s bicentennial year in 2065.Sheldon Borden, left, and Ray Wilson, right, carpenters with Local 277, completed the project on July 19.

Award

Adam Levine wins two American Political Science Association awards

Arts & Sciences Communications

Adam Seth Levine, assistant professor of government, has won two awards from the American Political Science Association (APSA), the leading professional organization for the study of political science. The awards will be presented in Philadelphia at the beginning of September.

College Prep

Prefreshmen Summer Program gives students opportunity to build skills for college

A&S Communications

Most students head to college at the end of August, however students participating in the Prefreshmen Summer Program (PSP) at Cornell arrived June 21 and will spend seven weeks on campus. 

Entrepreneurship

Alum’s company uses machine learning & chemistry to detect cancer in early stages

A&S Communications

Gabe Otte said his Cornell education in computer science, chemistry and philosophy helped him become a successful entrepreneur.

Archaeology

Cornell-led research resolves long-debated Mesopotamia timeline

Cornell Chronicle

For decades, scholars have debated about the chronology of this period, sometime being as much as 150 years or more apart.

China & Asia-Pacific Studies

Faculty comment on South China Sea verdict

Arts & Sciences Communications

On July 12, a United Nations tribunal ruled on an arbitration case involving contested territory in the South China Sea. Government professors Allen Carlson and Jessica Chen Weiss, both on the faculty of the China-Asia Pacific Studies (CAPS) Program, reflected on the verdict.

Global Reach

Cornell launches new humanities collaboration in China

A&S Communications

The Cornell Summer School in Theory explored contemporary international debates in media studies, visual studies, literary studies, philosophy and contemporary art.

Campus Moves

College departments and programs now in new locations

Arts & Sciences Communications

With the opening of Klarman Hall, colleagues in departments that were spread out across campus can now collaborate more easily. 

Outreach to High School Students

A&S departments share career options with high school students

A&S Communications

“I’ve always been really interested in astronomy, so I was curious what kinds of careers there might be in the field,” said Sophia Delpapa, a high school senior from Ontario County who attended the recent 4-H Career Explorations event on campus, sponsored by the state 4-H foundation, part of Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Undergraduate Research

Undergraduates ponder ethical questions in research workshop

A&S Communications

A summer workshop helped undergrads consider the challenges of responsible research.

Neuroscience

Early career scientists named as inaugural Mong Fellows in Neurotech

A&S Communications

Researchers in the collaboration between the Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Engineering will work on technologies and new tools to reveal the inner workings of the brain.

International Linguistics Conference

Cornell hosts international linguistics conference

A&S Communications

… Linguistics … Cognitive Science Program … Cornell will host … said Abby Cohn, conference organizer and professor of linguistics. “We are delighted to host an interdisciplinary …

Curing Disease

Meinig Investigator sees path to disease cure in lipids

Arts & Sciences Communications

The key to curing multiple sclerosis may well lie in the mysterious signaling of lipids, a major component of cells.