
Modeling suggests friendships may lead to lopsided elections
Have you ever thought about not voting because your candidate’s victory seems assured? Think again.
/news/modeling-suggests-friendships-may-lead-lopsided-electionsHave you ever thought about not voting because your candidate’s victory seems assured? Think again.
/news/modeling-suggests-friendships-may-lead-lopsided-electionsViral, 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...
/news/viral-news-true-and-untrue-moves-equally-through-twitterIn 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.
/news/when-basin-attraction-octopusProf. 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....
/news/annual-mathematics-ruth-i-michler-memorial-prize-winner-give-lecture-cornellThe 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.
/news/new-program-expands-undergrad-research-opportunitiesIt 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...
/news/jeffrey-bergfalk-wins-rudin-awardFive Cornell mathematicians -- an unusually high number -- have been invited to speak at the world-renowned International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) this year.
/news/cornell-mathematicians-featured-international-congress-mathematiciansThe 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.
/news/event-will-honor-suffragist-and-mathematician-james-oliverThe program brings accomplished journalists to Cornell each year to interact with faculty, researchers and students.
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