In their 'PhDivas' podcast, scholars Liz Wayne and Christine Yao find common ground across the STEM-humanities divide with wit and insight on contemporary culture, social issues and life in academia.
Provost Michael Kotlikoff has called for proposals for feasibility and planning grants for academic programs that span the Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses. The deadline to submit proposals is Jan. 22, 2016.
Researchers observed a mass of atoms cooled almost to absolute zero so that they could "tunnel" from place to place. But as long as the observation continued, no tunneling occurred.
Benjamin Franco Suarez took a break from his doctoral sociology studies at Cornell in 1972. He finished his study of fertility behavior of Bolivian Aymara women this year at age 90.
In the late 19th century, Cornell students enjoyed visually striking class lectures and extracurricular talks thanks to lantern slides – 4-by-3.25-inch projected glass slides that illustrated all subjects.
Graduate students serving on the General Committee of the Graduate School now have full voting privileges on legislation and policy, the Graduate School has announced.
Cornell physicists offer a solution to control the intrinsic spin of electrons: Using heat, instead of light, to measure magnetic systems at short length and time scales.
Will Dichtel, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, whose innovations may allow for ample electricity and for detecting trace amounts of explosives, has received a 2015 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Cornell gives its graduate students an edge in competing for NSF research fellowships, with resources including workshops and writing seminars. There are currently 249 fellowship recipients on campus.
