Ehsan Afshari receives early career award from NSF

The five-year, $400,000 award will fund Afshari's ongoing research into circuits that can generate signals at terahertz frequencies.

Wendt retires as director of transportation

William Wendt, director of transportation and mail services, has announced he will retire March 1, after 32 years at Cornell. (Feb. 22, 2010)

Bill Gordon, father of Arecibo Observatory, dies at 92

Gordon was the Walter R. Reed Professor of Electrical Engineering at Cornell in 1958 when he began designing the radio telescope to study the Earth's upper atmosphere and nearby space.

Abrams' legacy collected in print, multimedia and online

'M.H. Abrams at Cornell University,' with text and multimedia materials on the career and legacy of the influential scholar, joins an online digital archive of biographies and department histories. (Feb. 18, 2010)

Chief investment officer announces he will leave Cornell

After three-and-a-half years at Cornell, James Walsh announced he will leave his position as chief investment officer. So far in fiscal year 2010, Cornell's endowment performance is up 10 percent. (Feb. 17, 2010)

Harris-Warrick receives first Menschel teaching award

Ron Harris-Warrick has been named the first Menschel Distinguished Teaching Fellow at Cornell for one year for his proven ability to promote strong teaching in a range of contexts.

'Reimagining' initiative aims to improve IT and cut costs

A review of Cornell's campuswide information technology infrastructure has been launched to find ways to improve IT services and reduce budget deficits.

Grateful Dead live on in alumni memories of Barton Hall '77

Alumni share memories of the 1977 Grateful Dead concert in Barton Hall, a show that gave the venue iconic status among Deadheads who consider the show one of the best in the band's 30-year career.

Kleinberg awarded prize for computer science leadership

Jon Kleinberg, the Tisch University Professor of Computer Science, has been awarded the 2009 Katayanagi Emerging Leadership Prize. (Feb. 9, 2010)