Developmental Review: Perceptions in Behavior and Cognition, a journal of developmental psychology, has been named one of the three most influential journals in its field. (July 21, 2010)
Stephen Nelson, Tariq Thachil, Karrie Koesel and Samatha Majic, all Ph.D. '09 in government, have earned top prizes for their dissertations from the American Political Science Association. (July 21, 2010)
Wayne Harbert, professor of linguistics and director of undergraduate studies for the department, translates Old English kennings about swords from firsthand experience with blacksmithing. (July 21, 2010)
Cornell administrators gave Harry Wilson, the Republican candidate for New York state comptroller, an overview of the university when he visited campus July 13. (July 21, 2010)
Children, rather than adults, make better witnesses of negative emotional events because of how their memory works, according to a new study. (July 20, 2010)
Cornell's Energy Materials Center has just signed a memorandum of understanding with Ithaca's MicroGen Systems LLC to develop 'self-charging' batteries. (July 20, 2010)
Ten ILR School students are working with nonprofit groups, government, businesses and labor advocates for a summer of service learning and research in Buffalo, N.Y. (July 20, 2010)
The team's vehicle, Tachyon, beat out 23 other teams at the 13th annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International competition held July 13-18 in San Diego, Calif. (July 20, 2010)
Ping Wang, associate professor of entomology, has been named associate director of the Tang-Cornell China Scholars Program, which allows Chinese scholars to further their education at Cornell. (July 19, 2010)
The ILR School's Northeast ADA Center is a clearinghouse for information on the Americans with Disabilities Act, which turns 20 on July 26. (July 19, 2010)
A groundbreaking June 12 celebrated the $8 million boathouse renovation and a new building for rowing, which should be completed in less than a year. (July 19, 2010)
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Binghamton, N.Y., Mayor Matt Ryan helped kick off a summer youth employment initiative, an urban farm, as part of the Community Improvement Through Youth Project. (July 16, 2010)
