Franois Bujon de l'Estang, the French ambassador to the United States, will visit the Cornell campus Sept. 29 to give an address, visit with students, faculty and administrators and tour the campus.
Jane Goodall, one of the world's best known scientists, will return to Cornell this fall as an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, joining four other noted scholars -- Roger Chartier, Seyyed Nasr, George L. Mosse, Anthony Seeger -- to deliver more than a dozen free, public lectures during the semester.
Scientists at the Energy Materials Center at Cornell have discovered a catalyst that could make fuel cells more resistant to carbon monoxide poisoning - and thus more efficient and cost-effective. (Aug. 2, 2010)
Teachers from around the country learned new techniques at the Institute for Physics Teachers, which wrapped up its ninth year of uniting and training high school physics teachers July 30. (Aug. 2, 2010)
The awards recognize early-career scientists and scholars for their achievements and their potential to contribute substantially to their fields. (Feb. 22, 2011)
Some 250 workers in six buildings are part of CALS Green, a one-year energy-cutting initiative committed to dramatically reducing energy costs and Cornell's carbon footprint. (Aug. 31, 2011)
FlixQ, a new video-sharing service created by Cornell computer scientists, removes artificial limits on quality and length without increasing bandwidth or storage costs.
NASA astrophysicist John Mather covered nearly 20 billion years of the past and future of the universe in his Feb. 16 public talk in Schwartz Auditorium. (Feb. 21, 2011)
Cornell scientists have downloaded and analyzed nearly 35 million Flickr photos. Their research provides a new way to automatically organize, label and summarize large-scale collections of digital images. (April 28, 2009)