Nexus Scholars Program expands research opportunities to 101 students
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.
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Cognitive Science is offered as an undergraduate or graduate minor. Undergraduates may take courses to fulfill one of five course tracks. Graduate students should gain solid experience with Cognitive Science methodologies within their major field, along with an appreciation and understanding of those in related departments.
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Christiansen elected to Royal Norwegian Society
The psychology researcher is “one of the most prominent international contemporary scholars in the field of the cognitive and cultural foundations of language.”
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Researchers use computational tools to understand linguistic processing
Two recently-hired faculty in the Department of Linguistics are expanding the use of computer modeling and experimental techniques as they forge new paths of research in the discipline.
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Philosophy on Main Street
Shaun Nichols, professor of philosophy and director of the cognitive science major in the College of Arts and Sciences, compares high-minded philosophical systems to the ways people approach everyday problems. Like picking wild blueberries.
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More than $12M donated to support students in 24 hours
On Cornell’s eighth Giving Day, held March 16, 15,905 alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends from more than 80 countries made gifts totaling a record-breaking $12,268,629.
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Support Arts & Sciences on Giving Day March 16
Gifts allow the College to fulfill its mission: preparing students to do the greatest good in the world.
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Students can major in cognitive science come fall 2022
The major combines interests in philosophy, psychology, computer science, linguistics and neurobiology and behavior.
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Psychology professor elected to Denmark’s Royal Academy
Morten H. Christiansen, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected a foreign member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
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