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Experts on gender and plant breeding at Nov. 10 symposium

Experts in gender and research on plant breeding tools will gather at Cornell Nov. 10 to address that topic in public talks, 9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in B75 Warren Hall. RSVP here.

Defining 'the people,' expanding the vote

It’s a little-known fact of U.S. history that in the early 1800s, while most African-Americans were enslaved, freed black men in some states had the right to vote.

‘Lost’ lecture by Carl Sagan released in honor of his birthday

Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute honored Sagan's birthday by releasing a lecture he gave in 1994, “The Age of Exploration.”

Lecture examines racism, sexism and class in Trump-era elections

Carrying out Ezra Cornell’s vision in teaching, research, practices

Ezra Cornell’s promise of 150 years ago and Andrew Dickson White’s vision remains a work in progress.

Neuroscientist receives grant for aging research

Nilay Yapici, assistant professor of neurobiology and behavior, has received a 2018 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Research Grants for Junior Faculty from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR). The grant provides an early career investigator with up to $100,000 for one to two years to support research focused on aging processes and age-related diseases.

Forum to examine sustainability and nonhuman primates

Humans share 98.8 percent of their DNA – as well as tool use and systems of communication – with bonobos and chimpanzees. Yet human activity threatens these “next of kin” great apes with extinction. In “Apes and Sustainability,” a forum on Nov. 15, activists, scholars, scientists and humanists will explore new perspectives on preserving nonhuman great apes in sustainable ways. The event will be held in the A.D. White House’s Guerlac Room 4:30-6:30 p.m., followed by a reception.

A&S student combines interests in CS, social systems to study teams

Andrew Wang '19 found that having a confident teammate can do more to boost a person’s self-confidence than having a smart and skillful teammate.

Why Trump’s immigration rhetoric may not help Republicans at the polls

Peter Enns, associate professor of government and executive director of the Roper Center and Jonathon Schuldt, associate professor of communication and a faculty affiliate at the Roper Center, studied whether Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric would help or hurt Republicans going into today's elections and report

Study reveals why tropical mountains are so biodiverse

Tropical mountain species are especially vulnerable to rapid climate change, Cornell researchers find.

A&S dean describes ‘extraordinary age of discovery’

Drawing a picture of wonder with words, images and animations, Dean Jayawardhana shared his enthusiasm for astronomy exploration as keynote at this year's Trustee-Council Annual Meeting.

Podcast explores love of place

“Topophilia,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series, examines what motivates people to care for Earth’s creatures and its places.

Driven by evolving genes, germline stem cells studied

Variation is the spice of life, especially on the genetic level. Any two humans, for example, differ on average by 20 million nucleotides out of a total of 3 billion. “There’s tremendous interest in understanding what those differences do,” says Charles F.

Why is democracy faltering?

Kaushik Basu, a professor of economics, former chief economist of the World Bank and non resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution wrote an opinion piece for news outlet Mail & Guardian discussing the role that digitalization of economics play in our societies following the recent election of Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil's newest president. Basu claims that feelings of vulnerableness, anger, and anxiety grow out of a surging inequality of wealth caused by technology's unprecedented boom.

Eight faculty honored with Weiss teaching awards

Cornell has recognized eight faculty members for excellence in their teaching of undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education.