A group of Cornell graduate students has formed a consulting firm to find ways to relocate a camp of earthquake survivors to a better site and secure permanent new housing opportunities. (March 18, 2010)
Events at Cornell this week include a free concert to welcome students, a lecture by Arlie Hochschild on balancing work and personal life, and a new series of early Alfred Hitchcock films. (Aug. 27, 2009)
When a beam of X-rays is fired through a crystallized protein sample, the beam is scattered into a pattern that depends on the arrangement of atoms in the crystal. By decoding that pattern, experts can find the arrangement of the atoms and the shape of the protein molecule.
Among the throngs attending the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama were 100 Cornell students, faculty and staff who took an all-night bus together to brave the cold and witness the historic ceremony. (Jan. 21, 2009)
The committee for the 2000 Robert S. Smith Award for community progress and innovation is calling for proposals from local community organizations and agencies.
Challenge Industries has begun operation of the state-of-the-art Cornell Hydroponics Facility, an 8,000-square-foot greenhouse using Cornell-developed technology to grow lettuce.
When does the public's right to know outweigh an individual's right to privacy? Does a reporter have the right to search for any personal information available? Is there a difference between printed records and electronic databases?
Jack Freed, director of the National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology (ACERT) at Cornell University, will be honored at an international symposium in Baker Lab on April 26. The event will celebrate Freed's 65th birthday and his 40 years devoted to research and teaching at Cornell. The symposium, "ESR, New Developments," will highlight new developments in electron spin resonance (ESR), with emphasis on its applications to biophysical and biomedical research. (April 17, 2003)
Cornell undergraduate Kevin Hwang '07 was named to the All-USA College Academic Team by USA Today in its Feb. 15 issue. Among other accomplishments, Hwang was noted for founding The Triple Helix: The National Journal of Science,…