It's a problem faced by people joining noisy parties and by midshipman fish seeking mates: How to cut through the racket and find Mr. Right? Now Cornell University biologists, who became underwater disc jockeys to study a homely fish that hums, say they have a clue as to how mate selection works.
Hydrogen, as any materials scientist will tell you, is a tough nut to crack. It is the simplest of the atoms, but in its molecular, or solid state it is incredibly complex. The long-sought goal of turning the element into a metal, it has been predicted, would require pressure close to that found at the center of the Earth.
Lynn W. Jelinski, the director of the Center for Advanced Technology in Biotechnology and director of the university's Office of Economic Development, will leave Cornell Aug. 1 to become vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
A memorial service for Andrew S. Schultz Jr., fifth dean of Cornell's College of Engineering, will be held Wednesday, June 3, at 4 p.m. in Sage Chapel on campus.
The defamation lawsuit filed against Cornell labor researcher Kate Bronfenbrenner by Beverly Enterprises Inc., one of the nation's largest nursing home operators, has been dismissed.
Beginning on Monday, June 8, Tower Road, a main thoroughfare of the Cornell University campus, will become the site of several major construction projects.
In a move designed to enhance the stature of Jewish studies at Cornell, university officials have announced the creation of three new named professorships in Jewish Studies
"The economic paradigm that explains human behavior allows you to understand the way the world works," says Richard Burkhauser, the new chair of Cornell's Department of Policy Analysis and Management, explaining why economics is his field of choice.
