Site Search

US-China relations

Former national security adviser to speak on US-China relations

4/4/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley ‘69 will explore “U.S. National Security Policymaking and the Future of U.S.-China Relations” in a fireside chat on Wednesday, April 17.

Illustration of a thermometer labeled "accuracy level"

Psychology

Accuracy ‘nudges’ decrease misinformation-sharing on left, right

4/4/2024 Cornell Chronicle

A collaboration between two research teams with opposing views found that, despite claims to the contrary, simply reminding people about the concept of accuracy improves the quality of information-sharing on both sides of the political aisle.

Person in military fatigues addresses others — Andrew Cutraro/Provided On April 11, 2004, Maj. Richard J. Gannon II '95 addressed Marines under his command during a memorial service for Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Wasser of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, at Camp Husaybah, Iraq, near the Syrian border. Gannon was killed days later while trying to help a wounded Marine. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star.

Cornell Veterans

5K run, remembrances to honor fallen Cornell war hero

4/4/2024 Cornell Chronicle

On April 13, the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps will celebrate the legacy of U.S. Marine Maj. Richard J. Gannon II '95, nearly 20 years after he was killed in Iraq.

Person standing at a podium — Linda Glaser Reading a poem in Quechua

Language Resource Center

Treats and poems featured at LRC’s “Sweet Poetry” event

4/5/2024 A&S Communications

“Any poem, any language” is the theme of the Language Resource Center’s second annual celebration of National Poetry Month, April 17

Two actors in a scene from the movie "Back to the Future"

Cornell Cinema

Cornell Cinema offers tasty, mind-stretching Science on Screen showings

4/5/2024 A&S Communications

Science on Screen® supports creative pairings of current, classic, cult, and documentary films with introductions by figures from the world of science, technology and medicine.

person looking through binoculars at the sky — Gillis Lowry More than 400 students rode in eight charter buses filled with Cornellians to Rochester, New York, to witness the total solar eclipse.

Student experiences

Totality awesome: 400 students travel north for rare eclipse

4/9/2024 A&S Communications

The April 8 solar eclipse was “definitely life-changing,” said Emma Linscomb ’27, a member of Cornell’s Society of Physics Students.

Student excellence

Two seniors chosen as fellows by Carnegie Endowment

4/9/2024 A&S Communications

McKenzie Carrier ’24 and Margot Treadwell, ’24 will spend next year conducting research with the organization in Washington, D.C.

Provided Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope

Astronomy

Major new telescope structure completed in Germany

4/9/2024 Cornell Chronicle

The newly assembled Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), nearly the size of a five-story building, was unveiled April 4 at an event in Xanten, Germany.

three people working in a film set that looks like a mid-century living room. The fly space of a theater is visible above the room's walls — Simon Wheeler/Cornell University Crew members prepare to film on the set of "Remembering Colin Stall," which took over the Kiplinger Theatre stage for much of the spring 2024 semester: (l-r) Jamen Meistrich, assistant director; Indeana Underhill, director of photography; and script supervisor/on set prop master Victoria Serafini, Ph.D. candidate in Performing & Media Arts

Performing and Media Arts

Film set in Schwartz Center: A pop-up laboratory for building worlds

4/10/2024 A&S Communications

Throughout spring 2024, a set installed on the Kiplinger Theatre stage for the short film “Remembering Colin Stall" doubled as an experimental zone for film and theater technology classes.

woman standing with arms crossed — Chris Kitchen Richlove Nkansah '26

Student entrepreneurs

Life as a Cornell entrepreneur: ‘I have people in my corner who inspire me’

4/10/2024 A&S Communications

Richlove Nkansah '26 is the co-founder, with Harmony Prado ’24, of CultureCare, a digital platform for BIPOC (Black, indigenous, and people of color) therapists to manage their practice and connect to clients.

Site Search : page 706