Peter Hirtle has worked for three years to hammer out what libraries can do in support of research and teaching in this age of widespread digitization. (Aug. 8, 2008)
The Mellon Foundation supports interdisciplinary writing groups to help humanities faculty and graduate students continue their research while carrying out their regular teaching and advising duties. (Aug. 8, 2008)
Marc Bruno '93, vice president of Aramark's Olympic Catering Project, will lead a staff of nearly 7,000 to serve 3.5 million meals during the 2008 summer games in Beijing. (Aug. 7, 2008)
The Energy Recovery Linac, now in planning stages at Cornell, could revolutionize fields from biophysics, chemistry and molecular biology to high pressure physics. (Aug. 7, 2008)
Cornell, with support from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, has established the Invasive Species Research Institute to improve invasive species management. (Aug. 7, 2008)
Cornell's new Class of 2012 is smart and diverse -- some 32 percent identify themselves as 'students of color,' and more than 88 percent are from the top 10 percent of their high school class. (Aug. 6, 2008)
Former Cornell student athletes Ken Jurkowski '03 and Jennifer Kaido '03 will compete as members of the U.S. Rowing Team at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. (Aug. 6, 2008)
Alyssa Apsel envisions next-generation circuits to have shrunk to the most infinitesimal of length scales, but with higher efficiency and more predictable properties. (Aug. 6, 2008)
Fifty Chinese high school students in the Cornell China College Preparatory Program spent the summer on campus engaged in academic work and cultural and language immersion. (Aug. 4, 2008)
Composer and Cornell professor Roberto Sierra has been selected to compose the inaugural work for the Sphinx Commissioning Consortium, an alliance of 12 American orchestras. (Aug. 4, 2008)
