Doug James, associate professor of computer science, has received a Guggenheim fellowship to help support his research on computer sound synthesis. (April 18, 2011)
The big winner of the Big Idea competition went to two juniors for a technology-enhanced bed net that helps prevent malaria while using solar power to help residents charge cell phones and run fans. (April 18, 2011)
Gustavo Arnavat '84, U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, spent April 6-7 on campus talking to classes and faculty members. (April 15, 2011)
At its monthly meeting April 13, the Faculty Senate was given a progress report by Provost Kent Fuchs on a range of campus issues, from reaccreditation to strategic plan initiatives.
In a class on poetry of cities, students paired poems with artworks at the Johnson Museum to pair them with; the exhibit is at the museum until April 21. (April 14, 2011)
In a new effort to think about how to defuse student stress, professors and undergraduates sat down to talk together about the problem at an April 6 forum on academic rigor and student support. (April 14, 2011)
Peter Hohendahl, professor of German studies and of comparative literature, will be honored with the conference, 'Literature and Criticism in the Public Sphere,' April 29-30 at the A.D. White House. (April 13, 2011)
Cornell's CERIS program provides language and culture outreach to area schools. This year, some 20 languages have been taught in 14 locations, from Mandarin and Macedonian to Kannada and Karen. (April 12, 2011)
Cornell chemist William Dichtel and colleagues have found a way to synthesize an ultra-thin, transparent organic film that could lead to flexible, more affordable solar cells. (April 11, 2011)
