Child care is a vital part of recent efforts to restore the 'Queen City' of the Empire State back to its former regal status, according to a Cornell study, 'Buffalo Child Care Means Business.' (Feb. 6, 2007)
Professor Robert Frank's latest book, "The Economic Naturalist," is a collection of intriguing questions inspired by his students and illustrated by numerous original drawings by New Yorker cartoonist Mick Stevens. (Feb. 6, 2007)
Robert B. Kerr, an astronomer and atmospheric scientist, has been named director of Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. He will assume his new post Feb. 26. (Feb. 6, 2007)
Teams of 6- to 9-year-olds competed against each other with buckets of Lego pieces and the challenge of building a science-related model at the macro, micro and nano scales at Duffield Hall Jan. 27. (Feb. 5, 2007)
Applied and engineering physics professor Joel D. Brock describes powerful new X-ray technology, recently tested at Stanford University, in a perspective piece for Science magazine.
New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer's $120.6 billion executive budget proposal would largely maintain the status quo in higher education funding. (Feb. 5, 2007)
The international Biophysical Society has awarded undergraduate Moataz Gadalla '07 a Minority Travel Award to attend the society's 51st annual meeting in Baltimore. (Feb. 5, 2007)
The lecture by Robert Parris Moses turned into a giant group discussion Jan. 29 as the activist and educator encouraged audience members to contribute their views on a range of topics. (Feb. 2, 2007)
Scott Bunch found that a single sheet of graphene, a form of carbon that is just one atom thick, can be isolated and used as an electromechanical resonator. The material could be useful for weighing atoms and molecules. (Feb. 2, 2007)
