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Of mice, men and medieval fun

Readings of ancient poems and sagas at the annual Festival of Medieval Readings Dec. 4 were not lost in translation.

ILR School, Aspen Institute to develop Gig Economy Data Hub

The ILR School and The Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative Dec. 13 announced a partnership to develop an online data hub.

Diet books open a window into the American soul

In “Diet and the Disease of Civilization,” historian Adrienne Rose Bitar asks, what if diet books worked like literature?

Commercialization fellows present new technologies

Doctoral students in Cornell’s Commercialization Fellows program gathered Dec. 8 to present their work and future plans for their projects.

Andy Sheng ’20 wins Cornell Concerto Competition

Andy Sheng ’20 won the 14th annual Cornell Concerto Competition, Dec. 10 in Barnes Hall, with a Beethoven piano concerto. A physics, math and music major, he will perform the piece with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra in March.

Program trains new farm owners for business success

The Cornell Small Farms Program is preparing the next generation of farmers and ranchers to succeed with a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Roger Moseley wins musicology book award

Roger Moseley, associate professor of music, won the Otto Kinkeldey Award for “Keys to Play: Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo.”

Cornell Press finds new home at Cornell Library

Starting Jan. 1, 2018, Cornell University Press will report to Cornell University Library.

The future of high-speed tube travel discussed in NYC

Journalists got a rare glimpse into the future of high-speed travel in vacuum tubes during an Inside Cornell talk Dec. 1 in Manhattan.