Nearly 200 researchers from universities, private laboratories and government agencies will converge on Cornell June 8-11 for the first conference on computational sustainability. (June 5, 2009)
More than 170 scientists from around the world will converge on Cornell's campus for the third international Energy Recovery Linac Workshop, June 8-12. (June 5, 2009)
For the second year in a row, Conceive Magazine has named Cornell one of the top 50 most family-friendly employers because of its benefits to employees who hope to be parents. (June 5, 2009)
A Cornell design professor says that more families may be moving to smaller homes because of the recession, but that families don't need a McMansion to have perfect places to interact. (June 5, 2009)
The conference brought together 100 green-technology pioneers and entrepreneurs to work on action plans to accelerate a 'convergence' of clean technology and business development at the 'base of the economic pyramid.' (June 4, 2009)
Returning to campus this week for Reunion Weekend, Jerry Alpern will celebrate the 60th anniversary of his Class of 1949 graduation and seven decades of ILR School memories. (June 4, 2009)
Doors on the Cornell campus lead to classrooms and dorms, stadiums, museums and libraries. They also symbolize access, to opportunities and experiences. Here's a photographic look at just a few dozen of them. (June 4, 2009)
Nancy Zimpher's visit kicked off her commitment to visit all 64 State University of New York campuses in her first 100 days to meet with and learn from students, faculty, administrators and community leaders.
People who squirm when confronted with slime or get grossed out by gore are more likely to be politically conservative than their less-squeamish counterparts, according to two Cornell studies. (June 3, 2009)
For their 2008-09 master of engineering project, four operations research students set out to optimize the redistribution of topsoil over a farm in Iowa. (June 3, 2009)
J. Thomas Brenna, professor of nutritional sciences, has a new task: to find better ways to detect steroids in urine to improve drug testing of athletes for performance-enhancing substances. (June 3, 2009)
Alumnae Alice Katz Berglas '66, Myra Maloney Hart '62, Judith H. Monson '69 and Rebecca Quinn Morgan '60 were recently elected honorary members of Sphinx Head, Cornell's oldest senior honor society.
