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MIT prof. visits to talk about slavery, education

Craig Steven Wilder, professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Columbia University Medal of Excellence recipient, will be the keynote speaker for the annual Reuben A. and Cheryl Casselberry Munday Distinguished lecture on Oct. 22.The annual lectureship was established in 2014 and hosts groundbreaking scholars of African and African American studies through the Africana Studies and Research Center every fall.

Climate change explored as ‘threat multiplier’ in new podcast episode

Scientists unwind mystery behind DNA replication

“This research highlights the importance of physical principles in fundamental biological processes.”

Anticancer agents in regulation of metabolites

New anticancer agents are in great demand due to the heterogeneous nature of cancer and the development of resistance to existing drugs.

PMA play reading explores future of climate change

What would the Earth look like if we banded together to counter the destructive forces of climate change? Writers Aoise Stratford and Toby Ault bridge science and art in the multimedia experience “Virtual Landscapes,” which offers audiences the opportunity to contribute to the play-in-progress.

Stressing metallic material controls superconductivity

“Sometimes stressing can produce amazing results,” said physics professor Katja Nowack.

Foiling cancer aggression with nontoxic metals

Justin J. Wilson, a professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is expanding on existing chemotherapeutic treatments by investigating the biomedical application potentials of other heavy transition metals, particularly compounds of the element rhenium, in order to develop a more targeted approach to halting cancerous cell division.

Alumnus shares lessons learned from the campaign trail

Ryan Quinn '18 said empathizing with and listening to people with different viewpoints is a key part of any political campaign.

Atkinson Forum hosts Fisk Jubilee Singers Oct. 26

… Singers will visit campus for a concert at 8 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Alice Statler Auditorium.Doors will open at 7:15 … Singers will visit campus for a concert at 8 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Alice Statler Auditorium. Doors will open at 7:15 … at Cornell, David and Pat Atkinson have contributed so very much to American Studies at Cornell,” said Glenn …

Homecoming 2019: A beautiful time to be in Ithaca

… After stopping by the Human Ecology showcase tent (Farkouh is a HumEc student), they got their faces painted and got in … race number) as he set up a tailgate near the Kane Sports Complex with Jay Sbrollini ’87 and Wendy Williams … season in 1972 and keep up strong ties, tailgated from a customized van decorated in Big Red colors. “The legend is, …

Adam Schiff discusses impeachment inquiry, national security

Around the globe and from within, the nation now faces the most vigorous challenge to the idea of liberal democracy since World War II, U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff said during an Oct. 10 visit to Cornell.

Book reveals life and times of Anna Magdalena Bach

Anna Magdalena Bach has been called “history’s most famous musical wife and mother.”

Conference spotlights ‘Energy Humanities’

On the brink of ecological collapse, how do we think, write and speak about the various forms of energy we encounter? The Society for the Humanities’ annual fall conference, Oct. 18 and 19, will examine the human relationship to energy in its myriad forms.

Podcast describes efforts to ‘decolonize the screen’

“The public is not hearing the stories that show a culture that is present and ever-changing," says Kiowa filmmaker and PMA professor Jeffrey Palmer.

Pundits: Illiberalism poses threat to democracy

Liberal democracies occupy a tiny sliver of the human experience, and their hold on the West is crumbling, the conservative journalist and author Andrew Sullivan warned Oct. 3 at Cornell.Sullivan joined Ezra Klein, editor-at-large of Vox.com, at the Law School’s Landis Auditorium in the second installment of The Peter ’69 and Marilyn ’69 Coors Conversation Series, titled “Is Illiberalism Corroding Our Democracy?”