Candace Mingins '70, Hasbrouck's youth and family coordinator for the past 14 years, helps Hasbrouck Apartment residents from 47 countries form a community. (March 15, 2012)
On Pi Day at Cornell, the mathematical constant Pi was celebrated simultaneously with its round, baked edible homonym as faculty and students participated in a pie-eating contest. (March 15, 2012)
Graduate students win new sustainability grants for research on biogeochemical processes related to climate science and research on sustainable biodiversity.
In response to a white paper written by President David Skorton, a universitywide faculty committee has been formed, charged with articulating the future of international studies and engagement at Cornell.
Cornell alumna Irene Rosenfeld, chairman and CEO of Kraft Foods, will discuss growth in turbulent times as the 30th Hatfield lecturer, March 7 in Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
The prototype robot can autonomously traverse and manipulate a 3-D truss structure, using specially designed gears and joints to assemble and disassemble the structure as it climbs.
The Cornell-developed robotic gripper that already boasts Internet fame and imitation has evolved: Now, it can throw things by using air pressure to launch objects forward.
It doesn't happen often, but structures like bridges, airplanes and buildings do fail. What are the odds, and how can it be prevented? Cornell physicists are using computer modeling to find out. (Feb. 27, 2012)
The New York City tech campus is generating interest - and questions - from around the community. Tech campus proposal leaders will answer questions at a forum Feb. 3, and the Chronicle periodically will run an FAQ. (Jan. 26, 2012)
