Three renowned speakers -- a historian, a psychoanalyst and a geophysicist -- will visit the this month and next as A. D. White Professors-at-Large, giving public lectures.
Sociologist Robert B. McGinnis, founder and first director of the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research and a pioneer in applying mathematical principles to quantitative social analysis, died Feb. 22 in Ithaca. He was 73.
Cornell alumna Ellen Albertini Dow '35 has made a big impact on stage, screen and TV. She's in the summer hit "The Wedding Crashers" but is perhaps best known for her role as the "rappin' grandma" in the Adam Sandler film.
Three graduate students in the Department of Physics at Cornell University are among six U.S. students who have been selected to spend the summer doing research at leading European Union (EU) laboratories. The students, Joseph Choi, Luke Donev and Daniel Graham, are being sent in an inaugural test research-training program connecting U.S. research centers with labs in the EU. The program has been developed by Cornell's Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at the suggestion of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research. The program was spearheaded by Albert Sievers, Cornell professor of experimental condensed matter physics. (April 30, 2002)
Astronomer Joe Veverka, chair of Cornell's Department of Astronomy, will celebrate his 60th birthday with a unique gift from his colleagues: a symposium, "Exploration of the Universe," to be held Oct. 4-6 on campus.
An agreement by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund a Cornell University-based consortium of institutions will help to establish the new Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) here. NSF funding over a five-year period could reach $19 million.
After months in a space habitat, astronauts on the moon or Mars will have Cornell to thank if their daily meals are culinary delights. To help NASA plan the cuisine for future lunar and Martian space colonies, a Cornell chef, nutritionist, food and biological engineer and vegetarian cooking teacher are collaborating to develop and test tasty, nutritious and economical recipes.
Burdensome though it is, the $5.2 trillion national debt never killed anyone. But the national sleep debt is another story, according to Cornell University psychologist and sleep expert James Maas.
In his State of the University address, President David Skorton announced an increase of $125 million to the scholarship campaign goal. He also named the new provost and announced a $50 million gift from the Tata Trust. (Oct. 17, 2008)