Homecoming Weekend’s Oct. 17 fireworks-dance-party-history-lesson-laser-paced-celebratory-throng in Schoellkopf Stadium did more than kick off the 150th-year observances for Cornell in Ithaca.
Scientists at the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education have been working for the last decade on research and development of an Energy Recovery Linac as a new X-ray light source. The research has led to the creation of a new particle accelerator, which offers a wide range of applications beyond the ERL.
Six Cornell professors – each with distinctive areas of study – provided 10-minute presentations on the university’s international impact at Bailey Hall on Oct. 17.
Careful management and generally favorable market conditions significantly increased the value of Cornell’s long-term investments, which include the university’s portfolio of endowments, in fiscal year 2014.
Using a technique that illuminates subtle changes in individual proteins, chemistry researchers have uncovered new insight into the underlying causes of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Chon Noriega will deliver a sesquicentennial lecture, “‘Cornell on Trial’: The University and the Creative Arts, Revisited,” on Oct. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in the English Department Lounge, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
A major upgrade to compact undulators will make the quality of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source's X-rays competitive with the world’s best synchrotron light sources.
Students presented findings from their Cornell Cooperative Extension summer internships that directly benefit New York state residents on campus Oct. 7.
The university has set a new “Cornell Now” campaign goal of $5.75 billion to be achieved by December 2015, President David Skorton announced in his State of the University address Oct. 17.
In his last State of the University Address to the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees and University Council, President David Skorton outlined many of Cornell's successes and challenges.
Two esteemed Cornell scholar-historians used examples from two Cornell presidencies to illustrate the immense challenge of the role, during an Oct. 16 Trustee-Council Annual Meeting presentation.
