New course blends health policy and facility design

Policy Meets Design, a new course offered by the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, gives students real-world design experience in health care facilities.

Alumnus leads Panama Canal’s massive expansion

Jorge de la Guardia, M.Eng. ’74, executive manager for the Panama Canal expansion, gave a Nov. 7 talk, “The Political and Economic Challenges for the Construction of the New Panama Canal,” on campus.

Real estate leaders gather for Cornell conference in NYC

Cornell students traveled to New York in early October to attend More than 300 students, faculty, and professionals attended the 31st annual Cornell Real Estate Conference in New York City, Oct. 10-11.

The human touch makes robots defter

Cornell engineers are helping humans and robots work together to find the best way to do a job, an approach called “coactive learning.”

Program pairs Ithacans with international students

The Cornell International Friendship Program pairs local residents with international students and scholars to promote friendships and make the students' experiences more homey.

Physicists unify the structure of scientific theories

Cornell physicists have posited a theory for why scientific theories work – a meta theory.

Grants support Great Lakes biology surveys

Cornell received three grants, one for $3.5 million, to collect data on the biology of the Great Lakes, information that continues long-term datasets and provides current measures for researchers, fishery managers and policy makers.

Alumni endow funds for international student aid

The Martin Y. Tang International Scholarship Challenge has raised $4.39 million in endowment gifts from 12 families, resulting in a 19 percent increase in scholarship support for undergraduate international students at Cornell and support for five graduate fellowships.

Deans: Cornell Tech is redefining tech education

The goal of the Cornell NYC Tech campus is a simple one: be the preeminent graduate school focused on the digital disciplines in the information age.