Dan Luo, associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, will receive an editorial board award from the journal for his significant contribution to the materials chemistry field. (May 3, 2010)
Cornell's entomology collection in Mann Library and the Comstock Memorial Library of Entomology will be united under one roof as the Comstock library facility closes. (May 3, 2010)
Sometimes, says Cornell law professor Eduardo Penalver in a new book, breaking property laws can be a vital step toward changing a legal system, and a society, for the better. (May 3, 2010)
A near-Earth asteroid named 2005 YU55 - on the list of potentially dangerous asteroids - was observed by the Arecibo telescope April 19 as it passed about 1.5 million miles from the Earth. (April 30, 2010)
The President's Council of Cornell Women - 358 highly successful alumnae who advocate on behalf of Cornell women - celebrates its 20th year with gala events on campus April 29-May 1. (April 30, 2010)
Elaine Ayres '75, deputy chief of the Lab for Informatics Development at the National Institutes of Health, spoke to nutrition students about how technology has revolutionized dietetics. (April 30, 2010)
Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel spoke of faith, hope, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the power of children, and the value of memory and 'bearing witness' in a talk April 29. (April 30, 2010)
Events this week include a student music fundraiser, Joseph Lin plays Bach, Sugarplum Fairy at the Johnson, 'Icarus Dreamt,' ceramics sale, Gen. Anthony Zinni, lecture on Judaism and artist Michael Ashkin.
The 2010 Perkins Prize for interracial harmony and understanding went to the Cornell Farmworker Program. Cornell IthaQatar Student Ambassadors and Cornell Urban Mentor Initiative received honorable mentions. (April 29, 2010)
The physicist is one of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 14 countries selected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. (April 29, 2010)
