Cornell economist Alfred E. Kahn, former chair of the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Council on Wage and Price Stability, and adviser to President Jimmy Carter on inflation, died Dec. 27 at his home in Ithaca.
Professor of Romance studies Bruno Bosteels will conduct Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Seminars in the Humanities on 'Theories of the Subject' during May-June 2011 and May-June 2012. (Dec. 23, 2010)
The Cornell Black Alumni Association has honored James and Janice Turner for their service to Cornell by launching a campaign to fund a scholarship for African-American students. (Dec. 23, 2010)
Carbon nanotubes could make ideal optical scattering wires -- tiny, mostly invisible antennae with the ability to control, absorb and emit certain colors of light at the nanoscale. (Dec. 20, 2010)
A new study using a computer algorithm developed at Cornell shows that connections between people in Great Britain coincide remarkably well with political boundaries. (Dec. 20, 2010)
At Winter Commencement, Dec. 18, President David Skorton recognized 735 candidates and thanked 2,000 attending friends and family, saying that Cornell graduates are known for overcoming challenges. (Dec. 20, 2010)
Nick Salvato, assistant professor of theatre in the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, has published his first book in Yale University Press' Yale Studies in English series. (Dec. 20, 2010)
The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell has issued its data-based predictions for where the greatest - and least - chances in the Northeast are for a white Christmas. (Dec. 20, 2010)