Saturn's mysterious moon, Phoebe, which has puzzled astronomers for more than a century because of its dark surface and retrograde orbit, has great geological variety, and probably has large areas of exposed water ice, Cornell senior astronomy researcher Peter Thomas told a press conference at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Thomas "Tommy" Gold, a brilliant and controversial figure in 20th century science and professor emeritus of astronomy at Cornell, died June 22 at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, N.Y., after a long battle with heart disease. He was 84 years of age.
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded $618,857 to the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell to preserve local and state agricultural literature on microfilm.
The President's Council of Cornell Women, an alumnae group that serves as an advisory council to Cornell's president, has awarded its 2004 research grants to 11 women faculty members.
Astronaut Edward (Ed) Lu, the veteran of three space missions who has logged 206 days in space, will visit the Cornell University campus Friday, June 11, to deliver the 2004 Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture during the university's Reunion weekend.
The Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City voted today to establish the new Ansary Center for Stem Cell Therapeutics. The unique Center will bring together a premier team of scientists to focus on stem cells – the primitive, unspecialized cells thought to have an unrivaled capacity to form all types of cells in the body.
On May 12, 1904, six black bulls, a cadet band, an entomology float and more than 2,000 students marched in a parade celebrating Cornell's designation as the official New York State College of Agriculture.
