Researchers used theoretical calculations to understand exactly why and how a particular crystalline ceramic, a layered perovskite, is simultaneously ferroelectric and ferromagnetic. (May 16, 2011)
Antonio DiTommaso, associate professor of crop and soil sciences, has been named the first Richard C. Call Director of Agricultural Sciences, thanks to a $1 million gift from Call and his wife. (May 16, 2011)
Lauren Monroe of Near Eastern studies has authored the book, 'Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text.' (May 16, 2011)
Excavation work at 726 University Ave. ended after a previously unknown oil tank was discovered about four feet below the parking lot. Its oil was pumped out and the tank removed. (May 16, 2011)
With new events to increase awareness, the Cornell Student United Way received the inaugural United Way Worldwide Student United Way Campus Organization of the Year award May 6. (May 16, 2011)
Michael Hyon '13, Heather Schopper '12 and Peter Smallidge, director of the Arnot Forest, were recognized as 'local heroes' at the Red Cross 2011 Real Heroes Award breakfast April 29. (May 16, 2011)
What previous researchers thought might be a supersolid transition in helium is better explained by changes in the solid's resistance to shearing, according to Cornell research. (May 12, 2011)
The Cornell PULSE (Perceptions of Undergraduate Life and Student Experiences) Survey finds that student satisfaction, overall and with various aspects of the Cornell experience, remains high. (May 12, 2011)
Nancy Hinkley of the ILR School's Employment and Disability Institute draws on her life experiences to help young people with disabilities. (May 12, 2011)
'S/he,' a play with outreach activities, is about what it means to be a woman from a U.S. and Turkish perspective and runs at Ithaca's Kitchen Theatre until May 15. (May 12, 2011)
