Cornell already offers several courses nicknamed 'Physics for Poets.' Now poet Bridget Meeds has proposed just the opposite. 'I'll be offering a workshop called 'Poetry for Physicists.'
To give the humanities and social sciences a new focus on campus, an Office of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications has been established within Cornell's Division of University Communications.
More than 100 students gathered in small groups Sept. 12 to talk with ILR graduates, who gave such advice as take jobs abroad, learn languages and build relationships. (Oct. 3, 2008)
Bringing Cornell's nanotechnology capabilities closer to medical researchers, Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility has opened a satellite office at Weill Cornell Medical College. (Sept. 26, 2008)
The Cornell Board of Trustees recently elected two new at-large trustees, two new trustee fellows, and it re-elected three at-large members, one member from the field of labor and three fellows. Board members also welcomed two new alumni-elected trustees, one new faculty-elected trustee and one new student-elected trustee.
New York may permit shale gas drilling after lifting a yearlong moratorium, but in addition to environmental concerns, there are significant economic questions to consider, a Cornell researcher says. (Sept. 1, 2011)
Cornell's Bioacoustics Research Program helped confirm, for the first time in New York coastal waters, the voices of singing blue whales. (May 28, 2009)
The finding is the first deep-space discovery by Einstein@Home, which uses donated time from the home and office computers of 250,000 volunteers from 192 countries. (Aug. 12, 2010)
Chemical codes that control the behavior of normal and malignant cells have been identified and may lead to more precise treatment for people with leukemia.