Author and conservationist Peter Matthiessen, a two-time National Book Award winner, delivered the 2012 Iscol Environmental Lecture before a packed Statler Auditorium April 23.
Using data from the NASA Kepler Mission, Cornell astronomers have identified three Earthlike planets orbiting their own suns, all of which could be hospitable to life. (April 25, 2012)
Cornell Information Technologies' Academic Technologies Services and User Support workers have installed new videoconferencing technology on campus. (Oct. 23, 2008)
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New research by Max Zhang, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, targets diesel-fueled large trucks as the biggest culprits for polluting the air in and around Beijing. (Sept. 28, 2010)
Cornell and the global humanitarian organization CARE will fight poverty among the world's most vulnerable populations and create solutions for global concerns, including world hunger and climate change. (April 19, 2012)
The hallways of Wilson Lab, home to Cornell's synchrotron radiation facility and electron storage ring, were open to all ages during the public event on June 27. (June 29, 2009)
Edna O'Brien, one of Ireland's foremost literary figures, will visit Cornell to give a lecture on James Joyce on Thursday, Oct. 27, and participate in a colloquium on writing on Oct. 28.
Helen Schember has been named executive director of the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future, joining Frank DiSalvo, CCSF director since the center's September 2007 inception. (Jan. 11, 2008)