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The Milstein Program, a flagship enrichment program of the College of Arts & Sciences, is accepting applications from current first-year students, seeking to fill 8 spots to complete the 25-person class of 2029.
Science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow will visit Cornell Sept. 11-19 as an A.D. White Professor at Large, taking part in several events on campus and in the community..
Roger Moseley, associate professor of music, will begin in the new role July 1.
The showcase reflected the Milstein Program’s mission, helping students in the College of Arts & Sciences pursue ambitious, cross-disciplinary work.
James Koga is a computer science major.
Ameya Kamani is a government major.
Gabe Levin, editor in chief of the Cornell Daily Sun and a student in the College of Arts & Sciences, spent the summer of 2024 reporting on the Israel-Gaza war.
Vipin Gunda ’25 is excited about projects that apply his computer science knowledge to real-world challenges.
The event invited undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to display their projects at the historic A.D. White House.
The last day of classes nears, but there are still events across campus over the next week, including the Milstein Program's Art + Tech exhibit of student work.
The Milstein Program is pleased to welcome Andrew Piper (Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University) as the inaugural Milstein Visiting Scholar for Spring 2025. As part of his semester at Cornell, Piper will offer a brand new course titled AI & Storytelling.
Submissions are due Oct. 31 and should combine art and technology in any way: video games, fashion, sculpture, graphic design, virtual reality, AI collaborations, performance, music, etc.
Bitcoin mining consumes 2.3% of all U.S. electrical demand.
"Cornell alumni are generous with their time and efforts to assist students, to answer questions from students, or connect them to people and places."
Peter John Loewen says he's excited to support faculty in their research, meet students and showcase the value of a liberal arts education.
Kush Jain's ’22 company, ORama AI, has developed a high-tech glove to help people learn to read Braille.
Students created innovative audio projects and sharpened their skills with various technologies.
Coming from the University of Toronto, where he was the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen began his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.
Zixin Xu is a Computer Science & Psychology major.
Tanvi Namjoshi is a computer science major.
Pareesay Afzal is a comparative literature major.
As a new faculty fellow in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity, Adam T. Smith co-developed the new course this spring.
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.
Alejandro Marin Vidal, ’06, will talk about AI and game creation, industry layoffs and other topics during his talk April 8 at 5 p.m. in Milstein Auditorium in Milstein Hall.
The grants provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions.
The film focuses on the gendered implications of deepfake technology; a free screening Feb. 7 will be presented by the Milstein Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, partnering with Cornell Cinema.
Cornell Cinema's spring semester film slate features a mix of contemporary and classic films selected to spark curiosity, inspire understanding, and advance teaching across disciplines.
The Sept. 26 talk was recorded and is now available to view on eCornell.
The cinema's fall schedule includes "Rocky Horror Picture Show," as well as some of the British Film Institute’s top movies of all time.
“Campfire,” an original short film by Associate Professor Austin Bunn, won the Provincetown International Film Festival’s "best queer short" award, making it eligible for an Academy Award nomination.
A&S faculty and students are part "Fertile Grounds,” a community-based play premiered by Ithaca theater organization Civic Ensemble.
This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
Ishika Agrawal is an information science major.
Rayna Klugherz is a history of art and American studies major.
Hal Reed is an information science and history major.
First-year students in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity talk about their varied experiences.
Two Arts and Sciences professors are among the 13 Cornell faculty members receiving Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards from the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.
Anderson will offer a public talk as part of the College of Arts & Sciences’ Arts Unplugged series and work with students and faculty.
Nita Farahany, a scholar who focuses on ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies, will be the featured speaker for an April 12 event hosted by the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity.
A field experiment investigating how GPT-3 might be used to generate constituent email messages showed that legislators were only slightly less likely to respond to AI-generated messages than human-generated.
Four winners of the competition by the Migrations Global Grand Challenge are affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences.
The event featured a cello ensemble, a fashion shoot spread and a series of poetry and prose readings.
Milstein Program Short Courses offer students a way to learn the technical skills they crave and create opportunities to socialize across different majors and years.
Originally the brainchild of Milstein student Finley Williams '24, the Milstein Salon became the first student-conceived, student-run Milstein Program event.
Students experienced cryo-electron microscopy as part of a collaboration with Cornell’s Center for Teaching Innovation.
Grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation will help make humanities research more accessible to scholars and the public.
The film by Jeffrey Palmer and Austin Bunn has been entered into five film festivals; they’ll hear word of acceptance soon.
The program matches undergraduate students with summer opportunities to work side by side with faculty from across the College.
Andrea Stevenson Won, director of Cornell's Virtual Embodiment Lab, will speak about her lab's work with virtual reality at this 11/2 M Studio Talk.
A new group provides female athletes of color at Cornell with a community of women who understand their challenges.