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.
Provost Kent Fuchs and deans Lance Collins and Daniel Huttenlocher answer questions about why Cornell is the right choice for developing a New York City technology campus.
"I don't want to be confused with being the author of a cookbook," said Cornell Professor Steven L. Kaplan, who travels to Italy Sept. 6 to accept the Langhe Ceretto Prize.
Nobel laureate Charles Townes, inventor of the laser and in recent years an astronomical explorer using an array of moveable infrared telescopes, will present the Thomas Gold lectures in Schwartz Auditorium in Rockefeller Hall at Cornell University next week. Townes, who is University Professor of Physics emeritus at the University of California-Berkeley, will present his first lecture, "Characteristics of old stars measured by infrared interferometry" -- aimed at a specialized audience -- on Monday, March 29. His second lecture, "Logic and uncertainties in science and religion" -- for a more general audience -- is on Wednesday, March 31. Both lectures start at 4:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. (March 24, 2004)
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Professor Molly Hite writes about why Shakespeare classes are flourishing at Cornell and at peer institutions. (Oct. 11, 2007)
An innovative approach to supercomputing at the Cornell Theory Center (CTC) will become part of the Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History on April 3.
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.
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.