Cornell Duffield College of Engineering

Butcher, Kress-Gazit, Pritchard receive NSF Career Awards

Jonathan Butcher, Hadas Kress-Gazit and Matthew Pritchard were awarded research and outreach funding for five years. (April 21, 2010)

Faculty asked to spell out their administrative needs

Throughout April, more than 120 faculty members from across campus will be asked what administrative help they need to do their jobs.

Undersecretary of energy for science: Key to sustainability is an issue of imbalance

In a campus seminar April 15, Steven E. Koonin, undersecretary of energy for science in the U.S. Department of Energy, said that sustainability is mostly about managing resource imbalances. (April 20, 2010)

Memorial for Dick White is May 1

The Cornell community is invited to a celebration of the life of Richard N. (Dick) White, May 1 at 3 p.m. in 166 Hollister Hall. (April 19, 2010)

Autism, breast-feeding, robotics: Cornell seniors display their research projects at expo

Fifty seniors, funded by the Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars program, discussed their undergraduate research projects at the annual Senior Expo April 14. (April 19, 2010)

Research could lead to fine-tuned arthritis, cancer drugs

Biomedical engineering researchers have made antibodies that block only specific immune cells that cause inflammation, but not the ones the body normally uses to fight infections. (April 15, 2010)

U.S. News ranks six engineering grad programs in top 10

Graduate programs in computer science, chemistry, engineering and physics are among the nation's top 10, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2011 rankings. (April 15, 2010)

ExxonMobil Foundation gives $468,000 to Cornell

The check was presented to President David Skorton by engineering alumna Sherri Stuewer '73, M.S. '75, during the Cornell Board of Trustees meeting in New York City, April 8. (April 13, 2010)

Two undergrads receive Xerox minority scholarships

Richard Dunning '13 and Matthew Cong '11 have received Xerox Technical Minority Scholarships, which recognize high academic achievement in the fields of science, engineering and technology. (April 13, 2010)