Scholar to speak on 'Fertility, Medicine and the Divine'

Rebecca Flemming of the University of Cambridge will give the fourth College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture, 'Fertility, Medicine and the Divine in the Classical World,' Aug. 31. (Aug. 18, 2010)

Until the wall falls, divided societies portrayed in graffiti

Christine Leuenberger recently returned from a six-week visit to Tel Aviv University, where she studied the implications of the Israel/Palestine wall. (Aug. 16, 2010)

Proposed Cornell telescope project in Chile gets key boost

A planned telescope known as CCAT, proposed and led by Cornell scientists, has received strong endorsement from a national panel charged with setting priorities in astronomy for the next decade. (Aug. 16, 2010)

Peace Studies Program renamed Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

The Peace Studies Program has been renamed in honor of Judith Reppy, a professor who has been involved with the program for 38 years. (Aug. 16, 2010)

Speakers urge innovation, discuss green technologies at energy conference

The Energy Materials Center at Cornell invited several speakers to give sessions on a wide range of topics dealing with the conference's theme, 'Oxides for Energy Applications.' (Aug. 13, 2010)

Home computers from Iowa and Germany, using Arecibo data, help discover unusual pulsar

The finding is the first deep-space discovery by Einstein@Home, which uses donated time from the home and office computers of 250,000 volunteers from 192 countries. (Aug. 12, 2010)

Minority student researchers present summer work

Students from universities across the country who spent the summer working in Cornell or Syracuse University research labs presented their work at an Aug. 10 symposium in Hollister Hall. (Aug. 11, 2010)

Kevin Morrison wins R.O. Keohane Award

The assistant professor of government has been awarded this year's R.O. Keohane Award for the best research article by an untenured scholar published in the journal International Organization. (Aug. 11, 2010)

Professor wins top political science prize for paper

Thomas Pepinsky, assistant professor of government, won the American Political Science Association's 2010 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award. (Aug. 6, 2010)