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)

'Endless Forms' uses the Web to breed 3-D printable objects

Just like generations of plants and animals evolve in nature, Cornell engineers are allowing anyone online to guide the evolution of printable, three-dimensional objects. (Aug. 17, 2011)

Computers synthesize sounds -- from fire to frictional contact -- to go with graphics

Cornell researchers have devised methods for synthesizing more realistic sounds of hard objects colliding and the roar of fire. (Aug. 8, 2011)

Via Facebook, Google and other sites, 'the invisible become visible,' in human interaction, says Kleinberg

Today's online experience is really the experience of being part of a gigantic crowd of people, said Jon Kleinberg, in a lecture about what social media can teach us about ourselves. (July 25, 2011)

3-D printing enters new era with standard file format

A newly approved standard for 3-D printing file interchange will greatly enhance 3-D printing capabilities, says Cornell's Hod Lipson, who led the development of the standard. (July 21, 2011)

Microsoft fellowship could help create a worldwide camera

Noah Snavely, assistant professor of computer science, has been named one of eight Microsoft Research Faculty fellows for 2011. (July 19, 2011)