Hector Abruna, an expert in fuel cell technology, spoke on energy needs and solutions at the American Museum of Natural History's SciCafe in New York City March 15. (March 5, 2010)
On March 3, 40 student-developed digital technology projects were on display in Duffield Hall at the annual Bits on Our Minds exhibition. Some won awards from corporate sponsors. (March 5, 2010)
Two professors, Steven Squyres and Mary Beth Norton, are planning a course on exploration that combines their backgrounds and their passions. (March 2, 2010)
Kenneth P. Birman, the N. Rama Rao Professor of Computer Science, has received the 2009 Tsutomu Kanai Award for his contributions to the state of the art in distributed computing systems. (March 2, 2010)
Cornell researchers have shown exactly how fruit flies maneuver through the air, and how they keep stable even when a whoosh of wind knocks them off course.
The late Erna Gramse, MP '33, a longtime librarian and a graduate chemistry student at Cornell during the Great Depression, has bequeathed a gift to Clark Physical Sciences Library. (March 1, 2010)
Cornell's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has received $7.5 million from the National Science Foundation for the continuing support of the Jicamarca Radio Observatory near Lima, Peru. (March 1, 2010)
Cornell psychology and neurobiology professor Timothy DeVoogd has written an editorial in the Feb. 26 issue of Science calling for more 'science diplomacy' with developing countries. (March 1, 2010)
