Robert Kleinberg receives Microsoft Fellowship to help computers -- and maybe people -- make better decisions

The assistant professor of computer science plans to use his $200,000 grant either to bring in a new postdoctoral collaborator or to host an interdisciplinary symposium in his research area. (May 1, 2008)

$25 million CU-Saudi link will boost nanoscience research, with focus on sustainability

A new partnership between Cornell and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia promises to strengthen Cornell's research efforts in energy and sustainability. (April 30, 2008)

Helping people with autism recognize faces

In an ongoing study, Nim Tottenham, assistant professor of psychology in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, is examining how normal and autistic brains behave when viewing faces. (April 30, 2008)

Postdocs of all stripes to share their work May 8

Postdoctoral researchers from Cornell in Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medical College will come together in Ithaca May 8. More than 50 speakers and poster sessions will highlight a broad array of research. (April 30, 2008)

Foodnet gets more done for less with streamlined methods devised by former ORIE students

Three former operations research and information engineering master's students used advanced route optimization software to help a local meals-on-wheels program improve its efficiency. (April 24, 2008)

Physicist Drell calls for scientists to act more selflessly — and broadly — in seeking science funding

Persis Drell, director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator and former professor of physics at Cornell, spoke to physicists and physics teachers on the state of national funding for the physical sciences.

Nobel Laureate Chu emphasizes energy efficiency, innovation in Bethe lecture

Steven Chu, who received the 1997 Nobel Prize for 'development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light,' delivered the 2008 Hans A. Bethe lecture at Cornell April 16.

Lab of O helps protect endangered right whales with warning buoys in shipping lanes

Endangered North Atlantic right whales are safer along Massachusetts Bay's busy shipping lanes this spring, thanks to a new system of buoys that recognize whales' distinctive calls. (April 22, 2008)

How a Cornell team's study of horses is providing insights into a predicted human flu pandemic

A Cornell expert believes that the next influenza pandemic is a lot more likely to be an H7 serotype rather than an H5, which has been circulating in the human population for almost 10 years. (April 22, 2008)