Biophysicist Michelle Wang is the first researcher on Cornell's Ithaca campus to be named an HHMI Investigator, an award that recognizes innovative and promising researchers in the biomedical sciences. (May 28, 2008)
The grant will fund Cornell's continued operation of an X-ray synchrotron facility, as well as research and development for a new kind of X-ray source that promises to revolutionize the field. (Sept. 29, 2010)
Rachel Bean, Peter Diamessis, Matthias Liepe, Anders Ryd and Kyle Shen have received National Science Foundation Early Career Development Awards to fund specific research projects. (Aug. 27, 2009)
Cornell's four national resource centers in Asian and Latin American studies received substantial three-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education totaling nearly $3.5 million.
Researchers have provided a new insight into how receptors on cell surfaces turn off signals from the cell's environment. The findings have implications for better understanding cancer, AIDS and other illnesses. (Jan. 16, 2009)
When the 20th Winter Olympic Games open in Turin, Italy, on Friday, Feb. 10, the Cornell community will be rooting for three of its own: undergraduates Jamie Silverstein and Travis Mayer and law-student-to-be Matt Savoie.
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Assistant professor of computer science Ashutosh Saxena leads Cornell's Personal Robotics Lab, which develops software for complex, high-level robotics that could one day aid humans with daily tasks. (Sept. 21, 2010)
A sky survey using the Arecibo radio telescope turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar that could give researchers new insight into the fundamental properties of matter at extreme densities. (May 15, 2008)
A team of students and faculty visited Nepal over winter break as part of a plan to help develop an international component of Cornell Outdoor Education and to promote ecotourism in Nepal. (March 8, 2010)