Chinese researchers travel to Cornell for sustainability workshop

A collaborative workshop with Tsinghua University was called 'Sustainable Development: Water Resources, Energy and the Environment,' April 29-30. (May 5, 2008)

Sustainability center names three new associate directors

Anurag Agrawal, Chris Barrett and Sidney Leibovich use their expertise in the areas of the environment, economic development and energy to head initiatives and connect Cornell's research and scholarship related to sustainability. (May 2, 2008)

Max Zhang uses cities as air-quality laboratories, including Olympic city Beijing

The assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering studies the nanoparticles emitted from cars, trucks and power plants, and his latest 'lab' is Olympic city Beijing. (May 1, 2008)

Robert Kleinberg receives Microsoft Fellowship to help computers -- and maybe people -- make better decisions

The assistant professor of computer science plans to use his $200,000 grant either to bring in a new postdoctoral collaborator or to host an interdisciplinary symposium in his research area. (May 1, 2008)

$25 million CU-Saudi link will boost nanoscience research, with focus on sustainability

A new partnership between Cornell and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia promises to strengthen Cornell's research efforts in energy and sustainability. (April 30, 2008)

To learn computer science, first-year students program robots

An innovative course at Cornell makes beginning computer programming more exciting by letting students program robots. (April 28, 2008)

Foodnet gets more done for less with streamlined methods devised by former ORIE students

Three former operations research and information engineering master's students used advanced route optimization software to help a local meals-on-wheels program improve its efficiency. (April 24, 2008)

Engineering alumni association honors students, faculty at awards banquet

Cornell Minesweeper was one of several award recipients at the March 28 banquet, which honored both students and faculty in the College of Engineering. (April 23, 2008)

From cartilage to fruit-fly wings, physicist Itai Cohen studies 'squishiness' in everyday things

Assistant professor of physics Itai Cohen studies soft condensed matter, an example of which is human cartilage. One of his goals is to better understand the physics of how cartilage moves. (April 15, 2008)