In 2012-13, Cornell will offer 13 University Courses designed to teach students to think from the perspectives of multiple disciplines, across departments and among diverse fields of study. (April 19, 2012)
Steven Strogatz, Thomas Gilovich and Dr. Joseph Fins have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, along with Sanford Weill '55, chair of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell. (April 18, 2012)
Andrew C. Winters, founding director of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Office of Capital Project Development, will lead the development of Cornell's new tech campus on Roosevelt Island. (April 12, 2012)
Cornell administrators stressed they want to work with local community groups on Roosevelt Island as the CornellNYC Tech campus takes shape, April 5, at a town hall meeting on Roosevelt Island.
Researchers have devised a theoretical method for turning a class of ceramic materials called perovskites into a material that's ferroelectric, which could lead to better engineered materials. (April 11, 2012)
Scientists have developed an inexpensive, environmentally friendly way of synthesizing oxide crystal sheets, which have useful properties for electronics and alternative energy applications. (April 10, 2012)
PULSE, a showcase of student-run startups, was held April 7 in Sage Atrium. After that event, students were invited to the grand opening of PopShop, a co-working space at 206B Dryden Road. (April 9, 2012)
Cornell robotics researcher Hadas Kress-Gazit is part of a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation project to make computer programming faster, easier and more intuitive.
