CUAir, a group of high-flying Cornell engineering students, soared into first place at the Student Unmanned Air Systems Competition held at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, June 19-22.
Two Cornell student teams – a cookstove fuel/biochar group and the AguaClara water filtration project – won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s prestigious People, Prosperity and the Planet Award June 19.
Edwin “Todd” Cowen, professor in the College of Engineering, and Alex Travis, associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, become associate directors of the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future July 1.
Cornell NYC Tech has announced it will develop its first "corporate co-location" building, a major advancement in its effort to bring industry and academia together on its Roosevelt Island campus.
On July 1, Sol Gruner will step down as director of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, to be succeeded by Joel Brock, professor of applied and engineering physics.
A new series of courses, to be co-taught by faculty and Johnson Museum educators and curators, will use the museum's collections and Cornell resources to engage students and new faculty in connecting research with practice.
