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, 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)
In its 2012 rankings, U.S. News and World Report ranks Cornell second in engineering science/engineering physics programs and fourth among biological/agricultural engineering programs. (Sept. 13, 2011)
On Sept. 8, the Student Assembly unanimously approved a resolution that will create an ad-hoc committee to 'unite students in support of the NYC tech campus." (Sept. 9, 2011)
A New York tech campus would stimulate the city's economy as well as pose new academic and research opportunities for faculty and students based in Ithaca, say university leaders.
Cornell leaders are developing tech campus programs under interdisciplinary domains, or hubs, rather than using the traditional university organization of colleges, schools and departments.
Technology Review magazine has named Noah Snavely, assistant professor of computer science, one of its 2011 'TR35,' the magazine's selection of top technology innovators under age 35. (Aug. 23, 2011)
