GUEST ROOM | In AI Research, Academic Integrity Falls by the Wayside

Generative artificial intelligence has saturated higher education, and there’s no shortage of scholars and pedagogical pundits to interpret it for us. The Chronicle of Higher Education published an issue dedicated to AI. Inside Higher Ed has an AI section. Schmidt Sciences, a philanthropic organization, recently awarded almost two dozen teams of scholars $11 million for AI-bolstered humanities research.

March 18, 2026 Crossword | Modern Shakespeare

The Mother, the Maoist and the Messenger in ‘Children of Cain’

In a poor neighborhood in Tacna, Peru, a man named Jorge Lopez builds a concrete wall down the middle of a woman’s yard and dares her to do something about it. She cannot. The woman, Gladys Meneses, has no property title, no lawyer, no birth certificates for her children and a tuberculosis infection eating through her lungs. The wall stays. It is the kind of injustice that happens every day in every poor country in the world and goes entirely unrecorded — except that American journalist Tina Rosenberg was there, sitting in Gladys’ yard, taking notes.

AYSW? | The Middle East

As we approach the third week of war with Iran, many of us are probably wondering how we got here. Here are four films offering a wide array of perspectives on the complex history of the Middle East. 

‘Pathways to Peace’ Student Demonstrator Found ‘Not Responsible’ for Code of Conduct Violations After 11-Month Investigation, Inaccurate Police Reports, Excluded Evidence

Dina Ginzburg, a second-year graduate student in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, was found “not responsible” by a hearing panel for three alleged Student Code of Conduct violations, nearly 11 months after the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards launched an investigation centered on her “disruption” at the Pathways to Peace event.

@internshipgirl Gives Networking a Makeover With ‘Avalon’s Night Out’

As daylight dimmed over Collegetown on March 6, burgundy curtains framed the windows of VINIFERA Ithaca, while bartenders behind a marble countertop prepped for the evening ahead. At 5:30 p.m. sharp, attendees donning satin, floor-length dresses began to file in: Cue the soft clinking of martini glasses, the lively rattle of cocktail shakers and high heels clicking on the floor. 

Sexual Assault Task Force Releases ‘Final Recommendations’ for Cornell

Cornell’s Presidential Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault released a set of “final recommendations” for the University via a Tuesday email to the Cornell community. The recommendations addressed the results of the 2025 Cornell Survey on Sexual Assault and Related Misconduct, which saw a campus-wide increase in all measures of sexual assault and misconduct at Cornell.

GUEST ROOM | The Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute: An Academic Partnership for Health, Media and Urban Solutions

In 2011, Cornell entered into an academic partnership with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology to compete for an ambitious goal: build an innovative New York City campus to educate a new generation of tech leaders, conduct breakthrough research and development, inspire startups and propel the city to becoming a global hub for the tech industry. Beating national competitors in the bidding process, Cornell and the Technion won the opportunity to create Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island. Without the Technion, there would be no Cornell Tech.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bird Cams Connect Nature to Viewers Worldwide

With a click of the mouse, people can experience the everyday lives of birds in real time through live cameras run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Launched in 2012, the Cornell Lab Bird Cams have reached millions of viewers around the world, bringing people closer to nature in ways never before possible. 

Cornell’s St. Patrick’s Day Darties: A First-Time Experience

Waking up at 8 a.m. on a Saturday to head to Collegetown in seven-degree weather is not something I ever expected to do willingly. But St. Patrick’s Day at Cornell operates on a very different schedule.

St. Paddy's Day at Cornell: State School or Ivy League?

What better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than to watch a bunch of gingers run down Linden Avenue?

Dubs and Snubs of the 2026 Oscars Ceremony

And the winner is … cinema! On March 15, 2026, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted its 98th annual awards ceremony, with Conan O’Brien hosting for the second year in a row. Expectations were high for this year’s show: Sinners went in having broken the record for the most Oscar nominations in history, the ceremony would see the debut of the highly anticipated Best Casting award and legendary filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson seemed slated to win the first Oscar of his career. And — apart from a few painfully awkward moments — the 2026 Oscars did not disappoint. The ceremony featured historic wins, solid comic relief and touching tributes to legends of film history. 

Coming Alive With ‘The Secret Garden’

The spring equinox on March 20 is mere days away, yet the weather in Ithaca feels stubbornly wintry. Still, despite the bare trees, there are signs of life. Here and there, small green shoots emerge from the ground and robins chirp from tree branches. This moment, suspended between winter and spring, is the perfect time of year to revisit Frances Hodgson Burnett’s springtime classic The Secret Garden. In this children’s novel, 10-year-old Mary Lennox is sent to live with her distant uncle after the deaths of her parents. At the beginning of the story Mary is apathetic, cold and often described as “disagreeable,” but with the companionship of a friendly robin and a boy named Dickon Sowerby, Mary’s coldness melts away and she becomes healthier, happier and kinder in the process of caring for a long-abandoned garden. On my recent reread, I particularly appreciated the recurring idea of ‘coming alive’ in connection with springtime. As spring brings Yorkshire moors and gardens to life, Mary herself comes alive with them.

“I Got a Plan, Arthur!” ... For Red Dead Redemption 3?

Hundreds of millions of fans worldwide are eagerly awaiting the twice-delayed release of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto: VI on Nov. 19, 2026. Yet, a specific sect of the Rockstar playerbase have their eyes set on something even further in the future. While some enjoy the bustling night life, luxurious vehicles and unhinged criminal warfare in the GTA series, others prefer calmness, isolation and immersion; maybe gun-slinging desperados, too. In other words, Red Dead Redemption.

Dante Basco Speaks on Career, Asian Representation in Media

Dante Basco visited Cornell University on March 13 in an event hosted by the Cornell University Program Board and the Cornell Asian Pacific Islander Student Union. Basco is well known today as the voice of the Fire Prince Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender, the titular character in American Dragon: Jake Long, Rufio in the Peter-Pan retelling Hook and Ben Mercado in The Debut. Despite this impressive resume, Basco started out small, as he shared on Friday.

Cornell Therapist Lex E. Santí Debuts American Road Novel

Lex Enrico Santí, a therapist for Cornell’s Counseling & Psychological Services, recently released his debut novel, The Song of the Midnight Rider. His journey as a writer began in childhood, inspiring him to study creative writing as an undergraduate and pursue an MFA in fiction. Although he decided to enter a career in social work, these roots never left. Now, 20 years after starting the first draft, he has published his novel, a deeply inspiring story about freedom, loyalty and the American road.

ITHACA REVIEWS | Hot Pot Meets BBQ: Is It Worth It?

It’s freezing outside, and right now, all you can think about is eating something warm to quell the aftereffects of the brutal cold. Looking for something to satisfy your cravings, you walk past the illuminated shops in Downtown Ithaca when you come across a beckoning light that lures you in. The moment you walk through the door, the irresistible aroma of simmering meat and fragrant soup washes over you. The promise of a comforting meal is certain.

BURZLAFF | What Classrooms Do to People

In 2014, I was in my final year of college at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, presenting a paper to a seminar on modern French history. The regular professor was away; a visiting instructor had come in as a replacement. I had barely outlined my argument when the instructor started to pull the rug out from under me. The interruptions began: a sentence in, then another. Each point I tried to make was seized, reframed or dismantled before I could finish. The discussion moved quickly and confidently — entirely away from me. When the session ended, I walked out feeling something I can only describe as intellectual erasure: the sense that I had stood up to speak and had somehow not been allowed to exist. A few of my fellow students came up to me afterward, visibly shocked by what had happened. Their reactions created a moment of solidarity in the hallway — the quiet recognition that something in the room had gone wrong. If you have presented your work in a course and walked out feeling smaller than when you walked in, you are not misremembering.

How A Cornell Course Brings Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ Language, Culture to the Classroom

Recently returned to in-person instruction, a unique Cornell class introduces students to the language and culture of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ, or Cayuga, people, on whose homelands Cornell stands.

March 17, 2026 | Mini Crossword