Michal Lipson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a 2010 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists from the New York Academy of Sciences. (Dec. 2, 2010)
The Clare Boothe Luce Program, part of the Henry Luce Foundation, has awarded Cornell two two-year fellowships, including tuition and stipend, for women graduate students studying engineering.
A 'Meeting of the Minds' faculty panel examined how biomedical and digital technology affect human experience. The panel was the centerpiece of 'Cornell on the Charles' event, Nov. 18 in Boston. (Nov. 23, 2010)
Paul M. Kintner Jr., professor of electrical and computer engineering and head of the Global Positioning Systems Laboratory at Cornell, died Nov. 16 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. (Nov. 16, 2010)
Gioia De Cari performed her one-woman-show on the plights of being a woman at MIT Nov. 11 and 12; a faculty panel followed each performance. (Nov. 16, 2010)
For the second time in three years, the Cornell Chemical Engineering Car team won the American Institute of Chemical Engineers student car competition, which took place Nov. 7 in Salt Lake City. (Nov. 15, 2010)
Philanthropist and retired businessman Fred Young '64, M.Eng. '66, MBA '66, has committed $11 million to CCAT, a proposed 25-meter aperture telescope in Chile's Atacama desert.
Fifteen faculty members affiliated with Cornell's entrepreneurship program have been honored with Louis H. Zalaznick Faculty Support Grants to help them expand their courses or add teaching assistants.
