The Smithsonian has named Ashutosh Saxena one of eight "Innovators to watch in 2015" for his work to develop "personal robots" to help in the home and office.
Graduate student Semagn Kolech will expand sustainable farming in Ethiopia, turning it from a place where it's hard to grow sustainable crops to a place where farming flourishes.
The Cornell Center for Materials Research held a symposium to explore using origami to create machines at the micron scale using atomically thin materials June 16-17.
More than 50 middle and high school teachers were on campus June 24-26 for an International Studies Summer Institute at Cornell called The Cultural Geography of Water.
Jenna Galbut ’14, creator of the new “Humans of Cornell University” Facebook page, hopes the page, which already has more than 3,000 "likes," will promote a greater sense of community.
Cornell and The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology have announced a new partnership to create a world-class applied science and engineering campus in New York City, as outlined by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Oct. 18, 2011)