Collaboration is the key to successful IT streamlining

Collaboration among those with a stake in Cornell's information technology is going to be the key to streamlining it successfully, said project managers speaking at an Oct. 6 forum. (Oct. 11, 2011)

CU joins national center to improve college STEM teaching

Cornell has accepted the invitation to join an elite national organization that aims to produce better university teachers in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. (Oct. 6, 2011)

Weatherspoon gets $1.35M to fix 'potholes' in private information superhighways

Hakim Weatherspoon of computer science has received a National Science Foundation Early Career Award. The research aims to fix glitches in supposedly perfect private fiber-optic networks. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Four Cornell faculty win PECASE awards

Cornell scientists Salman Avestimehr, David Erickson, John C. March and Kyle Shen are recipients of this year's Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. (Oct. 3, 2011)

NSF-funded project to test cloud computing for smart grid

The team is exploring computational aspects of how to manage the changing electrical grid, or so-called 'smart grid,' which is evolving from a growing need to integrate renewable energy systems. (Sept. 23, 2011)

Carla Gomes named Radcliffe Institute fellow

Carla Gomes, director of the Cornell Institute for Computational Sustainability, has been selected as a fellow of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. (Sept. 21, 2011)

Robots learn to handle objects, understand new places

Cornell researchers are teaching robots to manipulate objects and find their way around in new environments. (Sept. 1, 2011)

Program 'hubs' will define CornellNYC tech campus

Cornell leaders are developing tech campus programs under interdisciplinary domains, or hubs, rather than using the traditional university organization of colleges, schools and departments.

Chatty robots go viral on YouTube

Cornell students have set up an online chat between two robots that is entertaining the nation. (Aug. 31, 2011)