Physicists crack science of ice formation

For a variety of common cryoprotectants, the time for ice to form has a simple exponential variation with concentration.

Bean to help steer U.S. role in Euclid mission

Rachel Bean, an associate professor of astronomy, has been chosen to play a key role in a mission to better understand how the universe has been expanding and of what it is made.

Adam Lerner ’13 to head to Asia as Luce scholar

The Luce Scholars Program, aimed at increasing awareness of Asia among future leaders in American society, provides stipends and placement in one-year internships in Asia.

Meyler describes 'love triangle' of law, literature, history

Literature and the humanities can deepen understanding of the law, said Bernadette Meyler, professor of law and of English Feb. 20.

Close look at iron-based superconductor advances theory

Cornell researchers have resolved a long-standing theoretical debate about the electronic structure of iron-based superconductors by directly observing it at the atomic-scale.

Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies founded

The Institute for Archaeology and Material Studies will provide a new overarching structure for archaeology-related teaching and research across several disciplines at Cornell.

Robert C. Richardson, Nobel laureate and Cornell physicist, dies

Nobelist Robert C. Richardson, an experimental low-temperature physicist and one of Cornell’s most influential administrators, died Feb. 19 in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 75.

Literary conversation features Toni Morrison March 7

Toni Morrison, M.A. '55, returns to campus March 7 for a public conversation on writing with scholar Claudia Brodsky in Alice Statler Auditorium.

Africana faculty participate in community dialogue

Black History Month puts focus on the role of black people in the development of world civilizations and memorializes figures who fought for equality, panelists said Feb. 16.