Biotech training program supported by stimulus funding

The Medical and Industrial Biotechnology Program, which graduated its first group of 10 students this year, has received a three-year, $700,000 NSF grant to grow the program. (June 23, 2010)

World Federation of Scientists honors particle physicist

Toichiro Kinoshita, Cornell's Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus, has received the Gian Carlo Wick Gold Medal from the World Federation of Scientists. (June 21, 2010)

Warren named assistant dean of engineering alumni affairs

On June 1, Kathi Warren became assistant dean for alumni affairs and development in the College of Engineering. (June 21, 2010)

Baja racing team wins national competition with first 'amphibious' vehicle

A land- and water-traversing vehicle built by the Cornell Baja Racing Team took first place against 70 other teams at a June 10-13 competition in Rochester. (June 18, 2010)

How low can you go? Researchers make magnetic sheets just nanometers thick

Using cutting-edge spectroscopy at atomic resolutions, researchers have discovered how to grow ultra-thin manganite films while retaining their magnetic properties. (June 17, 2010)

Fennie receives U.S. Army funding to investigate new, greener storage materials

The assistant professor of applied and engineering physics has received a three-year, $150,000 Young Investigator Award from the Army Research Office Materials Science Program. (June 17, 2010)

Stretching single molecules allows precision studies of interacting electrons

Cornell researchers have demonstrated that single-molecule devices can serve as powerful new tools for fundamental science experiments. (June 10, 2010)

McEuen to lead Atomic and Solid State Physics lab

Paul L. McEuen, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics and director of the Kavli Institute at Cornell, has been named director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics. (June 8, 2010)

Recovery act funds research to design computer processors with built-in power supplies

Cornell researchers led by Alyssa Apsel, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, are sharing a $685,000 Department of Energy grant to design power supplies for multicore systems. (June 8, 2010)