The tragedy surrounding the earthquake in Haiti is the result of human failure as much as natural disaster, said geology and engineering faculty members in a panel discussion Jan. 25 in Phillips Hall. (Jan. 26, 2010)
The board of trustees has approved a plan that calls for a 4.5 percent tuition increase for undergrads in the endowed colleges and an increase of the same dollar amount for the state-supported colleges.
Cornell Library is asking other research institutions to contribute to the support of the online arXiv repository of science and mathematics preprints. (Jan. 25, 2010)
A central plank of David Levitsky's teaching philosophy, honed over 40 years of instructing Cornell students, is to make his lessons unpredictable, and his style has earned him a USDA teaching award.
The award cites Webb for 'pioneering the applications of rigorous physical principles to the development of optical tools that have broadly impacted our ability to examine biological systems.'
Stephen Hilgartner, chair of science and technology studies, has been tapped to serve on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Human Genetics Study Section, Center for Scientific Review. (Jan. 20, 2010)
Joseph A. Kahl, an expert on social stratification and a professor of sociology at Cornell from 1969 until his retirement in 1983, died Jan. 1 in Bethesda, Md., at age 86.
