Cornell NYC Tech and the Commerce Department partner to spur job creation

Cornell and the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a groundbreaking partnership in New York City Oct. 2 to speed commercialization of ideas generated at Cornell NYC Tech. (Oct. 4, 2012)

Two graduate students win Intel Ph.D. fellowships

Electrical and computer engineering graduate students Ishita Mukhopadhyay and Jared Strait have received 2012 Intel Ph.D. Fellowships. (Oct. 3, 2012)

Using electroactive bacteria, students design toxin sensor

Cornell University Genetically Engineered Machines has designed and built a biosensor that uses an electroactive bacterial species to detect the toxic substances arsenic and naphthalene in water. (Oct. 2, 2012)

CCMR announces fall 2012 JumpStart recipients

Three New York state companies have received funding through the JumpStart program, which fosters industry-university collaborations to support product development, revenue growth and job creation. (Oct. 1, 2012)

Fill the STEM pipeline by recruiting, training, supporting science teachers

Julie Nucci proposes an integrated approach to solving the STEM pipeline crisis, which includes keeping the CNS Institute for Physics Teachers alive. (Oct. 1, 2012)

Wireless data centers could be faster, cheaper, greener

Cornell computer scientists have proposed an innovative wireless design that could greatly reduce the cost and power consumption of massive cloud computing data centers, while improving performance. (Sept. 26, 2012)

NYT blogger: We should 'take ownership' of energy realities

New York Times environmental blogger and reporter Andrew Revkin spoke on the importance of such environmental issues as fracking while on campus Sept. 24. (Sept. 26, 2012)

Scientists simulate clothing sounds for computer animation

Cornell researchers who specialize in creating sound for computer animation are adding the sounds of cloth to their repertoire. (Sept. 25, 2012)

Cornell a partner in $35 million NSF nanoscale electronics research center

Cornell physicists and engineers are lending their expertise in next-generation nanoscale electronics as part of a new NSF research center. (Sept. 19, 2012)