Robots that simulate life by walking with close-to-human efficiency described by researchers at Cornell, MIT and Delft

Robots that walk like human beings are common in science fiction but not so easy to make in real life. The most famous current example, the Honda Asimo, moves smoothly but on large, flat feet. And compared with a person, it consumes much more energy.

Cornell alumnus Michael Schwam-Baird of Jacksonville, Fla., awarded a Marshall Scholarship

Cornell graduate Michael Schwam-Baird '02 has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship to attend Oxford University, where he will pursue a master's degree in economic and social history. Schwam-Baird is a native of Jacksonville, Fla.

Cornell 2003 grad Damany Gibbs wins Rhodes Scholarship

Gibbs ITHACA, N.Y. -- Barbados native Damany Gibbs, a Cornell University 2003 engineering graduate, has won a 2005 Rhodes Scholarship, considered the world's leading academic scholarship, for two or three years of study at the…

Five Cornell researchers named fellows of world's largest scientific group

Five members of the Cornell faculty, including two scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research on the campus, have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Cornell Hotel School's Beck Center teaching facility formally opens Oct. 28

About 500 people – alumni, friends, students and faculty at the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell are taking part in the official grand opening of the Robert A. and Jan M. Beck Center addition to Statler Hall.

Artist Andy Goldsworthy to discuss his works at Cornell, Nov. 4

Environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy will take part in a lecture-presentation titled "Documenting Andy Goldsworthy's Early Ephemeral Work: An Interview with Andy Goldsworthy," on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 4:30 p.m. in the Statler Auditorium.

Juan González, New York Daily News columnist and author, to deliver Kops Freedom of the Press lecture, Oct. 26

Juan González, street-smart scholar and columnist for the New York Daily News , will deliver the Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press lecture Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall at Cornell.

Seats still available for Sandy Berger speech, Oct. 21, in Cornell Mock Election 2004 series

Seats are still available for a public speech by Sandy Berger, President Bill Clinton's former national security adviser, Thursday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in Cornell's Statler Auditorium.

Jeffrey Gettleman, Cornell alum and New York Times Iraq war reporter who was abducted and released, to speak at Cornell on Oct. 25

Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times Iraq war correspondent and television news commentator, will deliver a free public lecture on Monday, Oct. 25, at 4:45 p.m. in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall at Cornell University.