Cornell encourages input from Roosevelt Islanders

Cornell administrators stressed they want to work with local community groups on Roosevelt Island as the CornellNYC Tech campus takes shape, April 5, at a town hall meeting on Roosevelt Island.

'PULSE' throbs with entrepreneurial activity

PULSE, a showcase of student-run startups, was held April 7 in Sage Atrium. After that event, students were invited to the grand opening of PopShop, a co-working space at 206B Dryden Road. (April 9, 2012)

Robotics expert is part of $10M automated programming project

Cornell robotics researcher Hadas Kress-Gazit is part of a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation project to make computer programming faster, easier and more intuitive.

To convince people, come at them from different angles

Research on Facebook shows that people base decisions not on the number of requests they receive, but on the variety of social contexts the requests come from. (April 2, 2012)

Incentives in Bitcoin and other online services could deteriorate as system grows

The Bitcoin online currency system has an inherent weakness that may become a problem as the system grows, according to a team of Cornell and Microsoft Research computer scientists. (March 29, 2012)

New home for Computing and Information Science to rise

The Cornell Board of Trustees has approved construction of Bill and Melinda Gates Hall, the new home of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science, expected to begin this month. (March 14, 2012)

Ten on faculty receive NSF CAREER awards

The National Science Foundation-funded awards support early-career development activities of teacher-scholars. (March 6, 2012)

Six firms shortlisted for design of tech campus building

Cornell University announced today the shortlist of six renowned architectural firms for the planned CornellNYC Tech campus's core academic building on Roosevelt Island. (Feb. 27, 2012)

Robots could climb and assemble structures, make construction sites safer

The prototype robot can autonomously traverse and manipulate a 3-D truss structure, using specially designed gears and joints to assemble and disassemble the structure as it climbs.