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)
At a sold-out Sept. 27 event in New York Ciy, 200 alumni heard from a panel of alumni 'techpreneurs' to discuss the prospect of a Cornell tech campus in the city. (Sept. 30, 2011)
As the e-print arXiv of scientific publications celebrates its 20th anniversary, what started as an effort to 'level the playing field' for researchers has created a whole new playing field. (Sept. 27, 2011)
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.
