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Education

Strogatz helps students find the magic in math

A&S Communications

Math, to a mathematician, is an aesthetic, creative endeavor. But for too many high school students, math has become a reviled, boring subject. It doesn’t have to be that way, as Steven Strogatz aims to show the students in his new College of Arts and …

Archaeology

Class examines Cornell past and future

A&S Communications

“Welcome to Cornell Ruins National Park,” Adam T. Smith tells his students. “We’re lucky today. We have a cache of objects to examine discovered in the ruins of McGraw Hall.” This “Rise and Fall of ‘Civilization’” class examines traditional archaeological …

STUDENT LIFE

Twenty Suggestions for Incoming College Freshmen

Huffington Post

Cornell English professor Daniel Schwarz offers “20 Suggestions for Incoming Freshman” in The Huffington Post , detailing nuggets of wisdom that every student – not just freshmen – can benefit from, such as: Keep your career and life goals in mind, and …

FIRST-YEARS

A&S alumni join in events to welcome new students

A&S Parent

LONDON — Alumni recalled snow-packed days when they transformed cookie trays into sleds and sun-filled days sailing on Cayuga Lake, while high school seniors listened carefully, during a recent admitted students reception hosted by the UK’s Cornell Alumni …

Internships

And we have lift-off

A&S Communications

For some people, mention a physicist, and they conjure up images of Einstein or Newton – scientists who discover the math of the physical world, theorize the seemingly unexplainable. They watched atoms split and electrons collide. They might even …

PHYSICS

Like paper, graphene folds into nanoscale machines

Cornell Chronicle

Physics …

RESEARCH

Do "know-it-alls" really know it all?

Time Magazine

Psychology …

RESEARCH

Astronomers bring a new hope to find 'Tatooine' planets

Cornell Chronicle

Sibling suns – made famous in the “Star Wars” scene where Luke Skywalker gazes toward a double sunset – and the planets around them may be more common than we’ve thought, and Cornell astronomers are presenting new ideas on how to find them. NASA Ames NASA …

ADMISSIONS

Finding the right fit at Cornell

A&S Parent

As education reporters note each year, March and April are frenzied months for the parents of high school seniors. “I hear you,” is all I say when I’m with parents waiting out March. With some, I hold back, unsure about adding to the conversation. They …

application season

"We are looking for students who would benefit from what this place has to offer.”

A&S Communications

Google “Ivy league admissions” and up will pop thousands of sites that list the GPA requirements, SAT scores and stellar list of activities a high school student needs to make their application stand out to admissions counselors. As admissions deadlines …

OUTREACH

Department outreach fuels passion for math

A&S Communications

Mathematics …

ENGLISH

Woubshet finds poetry amid loss in the early era of AIDS

Cornell Chronicle

Literatures in English …

PIONEERS

Two researchers awarded Department of Defense grants

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell chemists William Dichtel and Jiwoong Park have received Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) awards. The highly competitive program supports research teams working in more than one traditional science or …

CREATIVITY

Along with science, Cornellians produce science fiction, too

Cornell Chronicle

Next time you’re in a cocktail party discussion about science fiction, you’ll have a lot to brag about. The university has produced more than its share of notables in the field, including several mainstream names. If you want more details, of course, ask …

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

To hunt and eat, bats listen for signals in prey mating calls

Cornell Chronicle

Neurobiology and Behavior …