Two juniors receive Truman, Goldwater scholarships

Cornell juniors receive Truman, Goldwater scholarships. Junior Elisabeth Becker, double major in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to receive a Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholarship, and Kevin Joon-Ming Huang, a junior in the College of Engineering, has won a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

Bill Nye, TV's 'Science Guy,' to give open lecture at Cornell April 6

Bill Nye, TV's popular advocate for science education, returns to Cornell on April 3-12 in his role as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 University Professor. He will deliver a public lecture April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Statler Auditorium.

For first time, light is detected from two confirmed planets orbiting stars outside our solar system

Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have for the first time detected light from confirmed planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. (March 23, 2005)

NSF awards Cornell $18 million to develop a new source of X-rays

The National Science Foundation has awarded Cornell University $18 million to begin development of a new, advanced synchrotron radiation x-ray source, called an Energy Recovery Linac (ERL).

Cornell alumnus Michael Schwam-Baird of Jacksonville, Fla., awarded a Marshall Scholarship

Cornell graduate Michael Schwam-Baird '02 has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship to attend Oxford University, where he will pursue a master's degree in economic and social history. Schwam-Baird is a native of Jacksonville, Fla.

Artist Andy Goldsworthy to discuss his works at Cornell, Nov. 4

Environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy will take part in a lecture-presentation titled "Documenting Andy Goldsworthy's Early Ephemeral Work: An Interview with Andy Goldsworthy," on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 4:30 p.m. in the Statler Auditorium.

Seats still available for Sandy Berger speech, Oct. 21, in Cornell Mock Election 2004 series

Seats are still available for a public speech by Sandy Berger, President Bill Clinton's former national security adviser, Thursday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in Cornell's Statler Auditorium.

Jeffrey Gettleman, Cornell alum and New York Times Iraq war reporter who was abducted and released, to speak at Cornell on Oct. 25

Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times Iraq war correspondent and television news commentator, will deliver a free public lecture on Monday, Oct. 25, at 4:45 p.m. in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall at Cornell University.

Duffield Hall dedication is Oct. 6 at 8 p.m.

Duffield Hall, Cornell's landmark nanotechnology center and its first new research facility of the 21st century, will be dedicated on Oct. 6 in a ceremony in the building's atrium.