Hailing from Cremona, Italy, the birthplace of the violin, Quartetto di Cremona will perform works by famed Italian composers Boccherini, Puccini, Respighi and Verdi.
Phoebe Sengers, professor of information science at Cornell Bowers CIS, directs the Culturally Embedded Computing research group; her work focuses on the social implications of technology.
Nicola Dell’s work in human-computer interaction improves computer security and privacy for victims of intimate partner violence, strengthens digital privacy in non-Western contexts, and informs technology that supports home health care workers.
Engineering professor Elaine Petro received an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award to research spacecraft propellants.
Materials scientists at Cornell have developed a method for better understanding the complex electrochemical reactions that occur at the interface of water and metal surfaces – an approach that will ultimately lead to better fuel cells and other electrochemical technologies.
The Scialog initiative aims to catalyze advances in basic science that will enable technologies for removal of C02 and other greenhouse gases to become more efficient, affordable and scalable.
