Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History, has been elected president of the American Historical Association. Her one-year term as president will begin in January 2018.
A top engineer from the city of Los Angeles visited Cornell July 20-22 as researchers tested a new earthquake-resilient pipeline designed to better protect southern California's water utility.
Diversity officers from campuses across the country attended a three-day workshop on how faculty can incorporate diversity into their classrooms. The Faculty Diversity Institute has become well-known for its innovative approach.
Samuel B. Bacharach, author of "The Agenda Mover: When Your Good Idea is Not Enough," says leaders need political and managerial competence to move their agendas, drive their ideas and get results.
The Cornell Summer Session course Green Cities: Creating the Living City provides students with tools and ideas to shape the future of the ecological urban landscape.
In June about 180 new Cornell students arrived on campus for the Prefreshman Summer Program, which gives them the opportunity to prepare for the challenges of their first year of college.
Very few successful people would have succeeded if they hadn't been lucky, too, economist Robert H. Frank says in his book, "Success and Luck." He calls on policymakers to create the conditions that put luck on everyone's side.
Researchers analyzed the contents of 500 years of European and American food paintings and found indulgent, rare and exotic foods popular in paintings were not available to the average family.
