The 20th annual Bits on our Minds technology showcase brought together approximately 140 students and their cutting-edge projects, from a city bus tracking app to a robot that serves cocktails.
This weekend, China will be hosting the annual BRICS summit – a meeting of leaders from five developing nations including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Lourdes Casanova, academic director of Cornell University’s Emerging Markets Institute, says that political and economic instability in Brazil and South Africa has solidified China’s lead position at the forum.
Many tropical mountain birds are shifting their ranges upslope to escape warmer temperatures, but tropical species appear to be more sensitive to climate shifts than species from temperate regions.
Three New York state companies have received funding through the JumpStart program, which fosters industry-university collaborations to support product development, revenue growth and job creation. (Oct. 1, 2012)
Susan Henry, professor and former dean of Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been awarded the highest honor bestowed by the New York State Agricultural Society. (Jan. 9, 2012)
At a sold out exhibition hockey game Nov. 24 in Madison Square Garden in New York City, Big Red skated to victory over the University of Michigan with a 5-1 win. (Nov. 26, 2012)
The proliferation of medical misinformation on social media and the human experience of social distancing are among the pandemic-related topics to receive rapid response grants from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability.
More than 50 students from five student groups, in addition to Cornell senior administrators and other employees, volunteered at Employee Celebration, which hosted about 3,200 Cornell employees, retirees and their families.
Half-hour sessions of a new, guided mindfulness meditation series for students, faculty and staff are now offered at various times throughout the week in several locations across campus.
