Modeling suggests friendships may lead to lopsided elections
Have you ever thought about not voting because your candidate’s victory seems assured? Think again.
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Viral news – true and untrue – moves equally through Twitter
Viral, true tweets spread just as fast, wide and deep as viral untrue tweets, Cornell researchers have found – changing the prevailing assumption that untruths on Twitter move faster.This finding helps illuminate why certain mitigating strategies to curb disinformation on Twitter haven’t worked, while also suggesting that the most effective...
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When is a basin of attraction like an octopus?
In dynamical systems research, a “basin of attraction” is the set of all the starting points — usually close to one another — that arrive at the same final state as the system evolves through time.
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Annual Mathematics Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize Winner to Give Lecture at Cornell
Prof. Shabnam Akhtari, mathematics, University of Oregon, will speak to the Cornell mathematics department on Thursday as this year’s winner of the Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize. The Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize is awarded once a year to a woman recently promoted to associate professor or an equivalent position in the mathematical sciences....
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New A&S program expands undergrad research opportunities
The Nexus Scholars program will leverage the student-to-faculty ratio and the vibrant research enterprise in A&S to expand opportunities for students, while also enhancing the culture of collaborative scholarship at Cornell.
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Jeffrey Bergfalk wins Rudin Award
It is our pleasure to announce that Jeffrey Bergfalk Ph.D. '18 has won the 2021 Mary Ellen Rudin Award for his exceptional work on the interactions between algebraic topology and set theory. Dr. Bergfalk has been awarded US$10,000 from Elsevier to support his travel to and attendance at major conferences in topology to visit a mathematics...
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Cornell mathematicians featured at International Congress of Mathematicians
Five Cornell mathematicians -- an unusually high number -- have been invited to speak at the world-renowned International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) this year.
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Event will honor suffragist and mathematician James Oliver
The life and work of James Edward Oliver, a passionate supporter of women’s suffrage and a nationally recognized mathematician, will be celebrated in an evening of talks on Oct. 14.
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Natalie Wolchover named A&S Zubrow Visiting Journalist for Spring 2022
The program brings accomplished journalists to Cornell each year to interact with faculty, researchers and students.
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