Park and Bindel are named Sloan fellows

Jiwoong Park, assistant professor of chemistry, and David Bindel, assistant professor of computer science, have been named 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for outstanding early career success. (Feb. 22, 2010)

Marc Robinson wins Nathan Award for dramatic criticism

Yale University professor Marc Robinson has won this year's George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, administered by Cornell's Department of English. (Feb. 22, 2010)

Bill Gordon, father of Arecibo Observatory, dies at 92

Gordon was the Walter R. Reed Professor of Electrical Engineering at Cornell in 1958 when he began designing the radio telescope to study the Earth's upper atmosphere and nearby space.

Bits On Our Minds to showcase future of robotics

Students will display projects ranging from robotics to digital music to social media at the annual BOOM exhibition on March 3. (Feb. 18, 2010)

Abrams' legacy collected in print, multimedia and online

'M.H. Abrams at Cornell University,' with text and multimedia materials on the career and legacy of the influential scholar, joins an online digital archive of biographies and department histories. (Feb. 18, 2010)

Mellon Mays fellowship applications due March 12

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, aimed at boosting the number of faculty members from historically disadvantaged groups in higher education, has issued a call for applications. (Feb. 18, 2010)

From the new dean: CIS has more legs to stand on

An interview with Dan Huttenlocher, the new dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science, on the future of Cornell's Computing and Information Science programs. (Feb. 17, 2010)

Students form medical brigades that go to Honduras

Cornell senior Jane Rhyu founded the Cornell chapter of Global Medical Brigades in 2008, organizing its first trips to Honduras, to provide care to people who rarely see doctors.

Students assert that many Latinos are Native Americans, too

At the Latino Living Center Feb. 12, students discussed 'Who is an Indian? Defining Indigeneity in the Modern United States.' The event was part of the Cafe con Leche series sponsored by the center. (Feb. 16, 2010)