Three Cornell faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They were among 159 new Fellows and 26 foreign honorary members to be elected.
Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar and political activist, will deliver a talk, 'Peace in the Middle East: Who Needs It?' Sept. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall on campus. The event is free and open to the public. (Sept. 11, 2007)
Saul A. Teukolsky, the Hans A. Bethe Professor in Physics and Astrophysics at Cornell, has been named director of the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research one of the two research centers of the Cornell astronomy department.
Nat Hentoff, award-winning author and syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, will discuss "Free Speech at Cornell and Other Centers of Higher Learning" at Cornell on Oct. 5, at 5 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall.
Cornell scientists led by Itai Cohen, associate professor of physics, have explored why these fluids behave like they do by watching how micron-sized suspended particles dance in real time and space. (Sept. 1, 2011)
Seven New York state grade school and high school teachers took part in an educational tour of Eastern Europe, thanks to Cornell's Institute for European Studies. (Aug. 31, 2011)
Trevor Pinch found that apps make the man or woman. The smartphone apps you download and use creates an 'appitype' grouping personal characteristics. (Feb. 15, 2011)
In honor of the 500th "birthday" of the first publication of "Don Quixote," Cornell's Department of Romance Studies is sponsoring an international colloquium, "Cervantes and the Frontiers of Fiction: A Celebration of 'Don Quixote' (1605-2005)."
A biosensor made from a common bacterium that can detect toxic metals in water won the Cornell Genetically Engineered Machines student project team a bronze medal at a recent competition. (Nov. 30, 2009)
Cornell Cooperative Extension is training Fort Drum soldiers in ways to help Afghan farmers, including how to fight wheat rust - dubbed the 'H1N1 of the wheat world.' (Feb. 14, 2011)