Three Cornell graduate students have received Department of Energy fellowship awards, which are designed to strengthen the nation's scientific workforce. (Aug. 23, 2010)
With a $6.5 million grant from NSF, an international consortium of researchers will use observatories around the world, including Arecibo, to find and use pulsars to detect gravitational waves. (Aug. 23, 2010)
The U.S. Department of Transportation was praised for its flagship initiative: RegulationRoom.org, an online environment designed and operated by the Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative. (Aug. 23, 2010)
As Corning Inc.'s chief technology officer for Asia, Peter Bocko, Ph.D. '80, is a leader in liquid crystal display glass development and other innovations for the consumer electronics market. (Aug. 23, 2010)
President David Skorton welcomed new students and their families to campus Aug. 21 at convocation. He emphasized that Cornell is 'a strong and a positive and a diverse and very supportive community.' (Aug. 21, 2010)
Applications for Cornell's 2011 child care grant subsidies for employees will be available online and at Benefit Services beginning Sept. 1. The application period will run Sept. 1-Oct. 1. (Aug. 19, 2010)
Cascadilla Gorge has been officially closed since September 2009 for restoration, but work is ongoing, especially in the lower half of the trail and at the Treman Triangle entranceway at Linn Street. (Aug. 19, 2010)
New benefits web pages are available to help eligible faculty, staff and Cooperative Extension employees decide whether to retire under New York state's new Early Retirement Incentive program. (Aug. 19, 2010)
Benefits Services answers questions on the new national health reform legislation that allows parents to cover their children, up to their 26th birthday, on their health plans. (Aug. 19, 2010)
Events on campus this week include Dump and Run, free cinema for new students, sustainability and international studies fairs, downtown panel discussion, Welcome Weekend events, consciousness lecture. (Aug. 19, 2010)
