Five more Cornell faculty members have received Faculty Early Career Development Awards from the National Science Foundation, some with federal stimulus funding. (Sept. 28, 2009)
Two researchers have received five-year, $2.5 million Director's Pioneer Awards from the National Institutes of Health, and three other major grants were awarded to faculty members, the NIH announced Sept. 24. (Sept. 24, 2009)
Cornell researcher Derek Stewart and collaborators have calculated the exact mechanism by which diamond conducts heat, a breakthrough that could lend insight into many fields, including electronics. (Sept. 21, 2009)
A new grant from the National Science Foundation will support 30 graduate students working in the Cornell Center for Materials Research on the development of materials to advance sustainable living. (Sept. 15, 2009)
Nearly $19 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is supporting the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell Electron Storage Ring and the planned Energy Recovery Linac. (Sept. 14, 2009)
Now students can major in environmental engineering and graduate with an accredited degree in that field, which also qualifies them to sit for the Fundamentals of Engineering examination. (Sept. 14, 2009)
The professor of electrical and computer engineering will advise the U.S. government on GPS, space weather and other defense-related topics this year as a State Department Jefferson Science Fellow. (Sept. 9, 2009)
Students will have the opportunity to learn from two new A.D. White Professors-at-Large: cultural critic Rebecca Solnit and conservationist Jeffrey McNeely, who were appointed to six-year terms. (Sept. 8, 2009)
