A Cornell researcher has uncovered an oddity in the early cosmos: A distant galaxy, born just after the Big Bang, is starting to furiously churn out stars at peak capacity – despite its young age.
The newly elected trustees are Gary S. Davis '76; Peggy J. Koenig '78; Lowell C. McAdam '76; William H. McAleer '73, MBA '75; Barbara G. Novick '82; and Meredith A. Rosenberg '92. (May 30, 2012)
A Cornell team finished second in the 2008 Association for Computing Machinery Regional Programming Contest, and one student on that team also has advanced to the finals of the Google Code Jam. (Nov. 4, 2008)
David Lifka, director of the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing, has taken on an additional role to help expand information technology support for researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. (Oct. 28, 2010)
Travis Gosa, Cornell assistant professor of Africana studies, said that blacks still suffer from an achievement gap - even among the middle class - at a March 12 seminar. (March 16, 2010)
Two prominent physicists, Cornell University alumni Helen T. Edwards and her husband, Donald A. Edwards, have endowed a chair in accelerator physics at Cornell.
Students, faculty and staff got advice about managing a successful career in the sciences during the 2012 Empowering Women in Science and Engineering conference, May 20-21. (May 23, 2012)
Louis Walcer '74 has been named the first director of the Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences, Cornell's new life sciences business incubator.