Religion and science do not have to be at odds.
Science, says Ann Druyan, widow of Cornell
astronomer Carl Sagan, can communicate with, learn
from and even benefit from religion and vice
versa.
Druyan, a writer and media producer wh... (more)
A reunion event in Kennedy Hall brought together an
Episcopal bishop, a rabbi and a Muslim scholar, all
associated with a "movement" that seeks to
encourage people of different faiths to talk and
listen to each other. The panelists--Bishop Joh... (more)
President Emeritus Dr. Frank H. T. Rhodes discusses
the origins of Darwin's research and his theory of
evolution. Rhodes' talk opened the exhibition,
"Charles Darwin: After the Origin," a collaboration
between Cornell and the Museum of the Earth. Th... (more)
Dr. Warren Allmon, Hunter R. Rawlings III, Professor
of Paleontology, and director of the
Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), leads a
panel discussion on the role of evolution on race.
Darwin Day is an annual, internationa... (more)
Provost for Life Sciences, Steve Kresovich, leads a
panel discussion about the effects of cutting edge
technologies on evolutionary research in honor of
Charles Darwin's 200th birthday. Darwin Day is an
annual, international commemoration of the birthda... (more)
Dr. Niles Eldredge, curator of fossil invertebrates
at the American Museum of Natural History,
delivered the keynote address at the
Paleontological Research Institution's second
annual Summer Symposium, July 25, 2008, at Ithaca'... (more)
John Cacioppo, one of the founders of social
neuroscience, presented his pioneering research on
the ways in which isolation or a sense of rejection
deeply impacts both mental and physical well-being.
Loneliness disrupts not only thinking ability, wil... (more)
As part of Cornell Hillel's Jewish Faculty Lecture
Series, Ross Brann, M.R. Konvitz Professor of
Judeo-Islamic Studies in the Near Eastern Studies
department, speaks about "Moses Maimonides: Loving
God with the Mind." Maimonides was a prominen... (more)
Professor Ross Brann focused on the importance of
the personal life journey, touching on culture,
Mediterranean travel and his life as "a child of
the sixties," in his 'Last Lecture.' (more)
Just over a century ago, Cornell's first president
and co-founder Andrew Dickson White published a
two-volume work entitled, "A History of the Warfare
of Science with Theology in Christendom," which was
influential in framing conversations about scienc... (more)
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