Jenny Sabin, Susan Rodriguez '81 earn architecture honors

Assistant professor of architecture Jenny Sabin and alumna Susan T. Rodriguez '81, B.Arch. '82, are among five winners of Architectural Record's 2016 Women in Architecture Awards.

Two with Cornell ties share 2016 Nobel Prize in physics

David J. Thouless, Ph.D. '58, and former postdoctoral researcher J. Michael Kosterlitz share the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries in topological phase transitions of matter.

Report offers options for achieving carbon neutrality by 2035

The Senior Leaders Climate Action Group's report includes a financial analysis and feasibility study that would allow the university to make decisions based on costs and benefits in the context of its academic mission.

2017 Public Voices Fellowship applications due Nov. 7

The Provost’s Office of Faculty Development and Diversity is accepting applications from tenured Cornell faculty for Public Voices Fellowships to increase the public impact Cornell faculty.

Mabaya is president of African agricultural economists group

Edward Mabaya, M.S. '98, Ph.D. '03, was elected president of the African Association of Agricultural Economists Sept. 23 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Roundtable to explore potential of geothermal energy

An Oct. 17 roundtable discussion will drill deep into the promise of geothermal energy at a time when Cornell is considering a groundbreaking project of its own at 4:30 in 155 Olin Hall.

Gift lets entrepreneurship faculty hire assistants

Eight faculty members from five colleges, as well as Cornell Tech, won awards from the Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantship program, allowing them to expand courses or add teaching assistants.

China honors computer scientist John Hopcroft

Professor John Hopcroft received China's Friendship Award for helping to upgrade their higher education system.

Drone Discovery to challenge scores of New York City youth

Several hundred New York City schoolchildren will attend and participate in the Drone Discovery program during the Cornell co-sponsored 4-H National Youth Science Day at Public School 21 in Brooklyn on Friday, Oct. 7.