Alumni Affairs and Development has recycled and redistributed office supplies gathered from recent office moves, saving $72,000 in office supply purchases and distributing the surplus to area not-for-profits. (July 7, 2010)
Scientists at Cornell in Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar have received $1 million from the Qatar National Research Fund for a study to help reduce desert expansion. (June 29, 2010)
A team led chemist William Dichtel has discovered a simple process for building an organic molecular framework that could pave the way to more economical, flexible and versatile solar cells. (June 29, 2010)
After passing a technical inspection, the Cornell 100+ MPG Team was forced to withdraw from the Progressive Automotive X Prize competition for safety reasons related to battery control circuitry. (June 23, 2010)
The assistant professor of applied and engineering physics has received a three-year, $150,000 Young Investigator Award from the Army Research Office Materials Science Program. (June 17, 2010)
Cornell geologist Richard Allmendinger '75 lectured on solutions to the world's closely related climate and energy problems June 11 in Snee Hall during Reunion Weekend. (June 12, 2010)
In making decisions about leasing Cornell lands for natural gas drilling, the university should be responsible and transparent, according to a committee of Cornell faculty, staff and students.
The grants will allow researchers to study the use of cover crops in organic farming and how different organic farming practices affect yields. (June 10, 2010)
