From omen to breakthrough: Exhibit explores eclipses

“Solar Eclipses: From Fear to Knowledge” features a 480-year-old Copernicus manuscript, historical photographs and other materials from the library’s Rare and Manuscript Collections.  

Students from 29 campuses join forces for health hackathon

Teams addressed the weekend’s patient safety challenges related to medication, patient care, procedures/surgery, infection and diagnostic error.

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Students host first undergraduate philosophy conference

There will be talks by professors, small group colloquia led by students and a philosophy poster session.

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Choosing connection: Physics professor teaches Arab youth in Israel

Professor Yuval Grossman has been traveling to Israel to lead math and physics activities with young people in Arab villages since 2019. His most recent trip was in January.

‘Innovative’ linguist Margarita Suñer dies at 82

Margarita Amalia Suñer, professor of linguistics emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), died in Ojai, California on Feb. 29 after a long bout with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 82.

Pheng Cheah, Ph.D. ’98, to deliver Culler Theory Lecture

“Beyond the World as Picture: Worlding and Becoming the Whole World [devenir tout le monde],”will examine philosophical accounts of the ways in which we organize the concept of reality.

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Fashion show spotlights innovation, rigor, growth

Cornell Fashion Collective’s spring runway show featured innovative collections, rigorous model management and a major brand sponsorship.

Students to discuss navigating identities abroad

Panelists who have studied in countries ranging from Denmark to Singapore will speak about their perspectives on gender, sexuality, race and identities that impacted them while abroad during an upcoming global freedom of expression event.

‘Queen of crosswords’ recovers the puzzle’s feminist side

In “The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting a Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle,” media scholar Anna Shechtman combines a history of the crossword highlighting its early women innovators with her memoir of a personal challenge.