Cornell chemist Paul Chirik and colleagues have devised a new way to break the tough nitrogen-nitrogen bond in the lab and simultaneously create carbon-nitrogen bonds. (Dec. 16, 2009)
Four grants awarded from the Summer 2009 Seed Grant Competition are intended to promote research on foreign policy and international development as well as international studies in general. (Dec. 16, 2009)
A Cornell researcher has developed simulation models to predict the economic implications of selling wine in New York grocery stores. With a new law, the state could reap about $22 million a year. (Dec. 16, 2009)
Morgan Fleischman of the School of Hotel Administration, Darius Niknamfard of the ILR School and Steven Shterenberg of the College of Arts and Sciences have won Gilman Scholarships to study abroad. (Dec. 16, 2009)
Financial planner and Cornell lecturer Paul Strebel explains why he remains cautious about reinvesting in the stock market because the economy still has a long way to go to full recovery. (Dec. 16, 2009)
Provost Kent Fuchs issued a statement Dec. 16 announcing the formation of the Program Management Office to coordinate, track and monitor the implementation of at least $90 million in administrative cost savings.
New York could rival California as a technology hot spot, but it must focus on commercializing research from its world-class universities, according to a report by a task force led by President David Skorton. (Dec. 15, 2009)
There is potential for preserving and even enhancing the library's resources in the age of budget trimming, said University Librarian Anne Kenney at a lunch Dec. 9 in Sage Hall.
An interdisciplinary Cornell team will develop computer models, funded by the EPA, that consider such factors as trade patterns, transportation and economic geography associated with globalization. (Dec. 15, 2009)
Two researchers in Cornell's Center for the Study of Economy and Society will study the current economic crisis as part of a new postdoctoral program funded by the National Science Foundation. (Dec. 15, 2009)
About 100 humans and their dogs, cats, birds and even pet camel are part of Cornell Companions, a pet visitation group that visits schools, nursing homes and other institutions.
