Cornell researchers have developed a new method to create a patterned single-crystal thin film of semiconductor material that could lead to more efficient photovoltaic cells and batteries. (Oct. 7, 2010)
Two Cornell professors with experience of having had parents with dementia use design and digital photographs to help patients with Alzheimer's and other brain diseases connect with loved ones. (Oct. 7, 2010)
Professor Robert Morgan will join a group of esteemed writers including Thomas Wolfe, O. Henry and his late colleague A.R. Ammons in the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame later this month. (Oct. 7, 2010)
Nine UFS students visited Cornell Sept. 26-Oct. 6 as part of their university's Leadership for Change program, which sent 80 students to visit foreign universities for immersion in other cultures. (Oct. 7, 2010)
Events on campus this week include a benefit for veterans, memorial concert, poetry reading by Carl Phillips, concert by Apollo's Fire, and lectures on immigration and cross-cultural influences.
Economic geologist Lawrence Cathles writes in a recent review that while mineral resources on land may be dwindling, deposits on the ocean floor could power humanity for centuries. (Oct. 6, 2010)
More than 100 City and Regional Planning alumni will return to campus Oct. 15-16 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of planning at Cornell, with events including alumni panels and an exhibit. (Oct. 6, 2010)
Alan Schwartz '53, an entertainment and intellectual property lawyer in Los Angeles who represented such clients as Mel Brooks and Tennessee Williams, will speak on campus Oct. 22. (Oct. 6, 2010)
Sessions to help eligible contract college employees apply for the New York state early retirement incentive will be held throughout Oct. Deadline: 30 days before retiring, or Nov. 30 at the latest.
The annual open enrollment period for endowed health, dental and select benefits plans will be Nov. 1-30. News from NYS on contract college employees plans are pending. Benefair will be Nov. 10. (Oct. 6, 2010)
Superconductivity and magnetism tend not to coexist, but theoretical physicists at Cornell have engineered a system in which these conflicting properties are believed to put aside their differences.
