In the journal Nature, Cornell biogeochemist Johannes Lehmann writes that an economical way to help offset global warming is to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by charring biomass without the use of oxygen. (May 11, 2007)
Antje Baeumner, associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, has been awarded a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship and a Mercator Guest Professorship. (May 10, 2007)
Professors Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci write a Cornell Perspectives piece on why tenure doesn't necessarily confer moxie, and other findings from the frontlines of academic freedom. (May 10, 2007)
While serving in the New York State Senate, Ezra Cornell met Andrew Dickson White of Syracuse. At the time, Cornell was the oldest member of the Senate and White the youngest. (May 10, 2007)
The center will focus on the genetics of infertility, combining basic and clinical research in reproductive sciences on Cornell's Ithaca campus and at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. (May 9, 2007)
At a May 7 panel discussion on reducing Cornell's environmental footprint, Cornell administrators, faculty members and students agreed that energy reduction and greater efficiencies will not be enough. (May 9, 2007)
e2e Materials, a company based on technology developed by Cornell fiber science and apparel design professor Anil Netravali, won the seventh annual BR Ventures Business Idea Competition. (May 9, 2007)
Alexander Atkind, a Cornell student who is alleged to have injured a dog in early March, has been indicted on a felony charge by a Tompkins County grand jury. (May 9, 2007)
A plateau on Mars known as Home Plate was likely the site of explosive volcanic activity, say scientists. And data collected by the rover Spirit also offers further evidence that water was once present at or beneath the planet's surface. (May 8, 2007)
Cornell physics faculty member Robert H. Lieberman goes home in his new film, 'Last Stop Kew Gardens,' a documentary about the Queens neighborhood where he grew up. (May 8, 2007)
Keith Johnson '56, former editor-in-chief of the Cornell Daily Sun and longtime writer for Time Inc., made a major gift to Cornell Library last fall to digitize the Sun's first 50 years of publication. (May 8, 2007)
'Shaping Science and Technology Policy,' co-edited by Daniel Sarewitz, Ph.D. '86,brings together emerging scholars to investigate current issues in science and technology policy. (May 8, 2007)
