The State of Upstate New York Conference: Resiliency, Partnerships and Innovation will be held in Syracuse, N.Y., June 8-9 for a broad audience of policymakers, academics and elected officials. (May 23, 2011)
A professor of computer science at UCLA, Estrin is a pioneer in networked sensing, which uses mobile and wireless systems to collect and analyze real-time data about the physical world. (June 28, 2012)
Roger Moseley and Lori Khatchadourian received Robert and Helen Appel Fellowships for Humanists and Social Scientists; Margo Crawford received the Robert A. and Donna B. Paul Academic Advising Award.
New research has taken a step toward employing genes from blue-green algae to improve staple crop photosynthesis – a potential improvement that could boost plant efficiency and increase yields.
Bird habitat conservation strategies have typically overlooked the habitats needed by females, putting already-declining species in even more peril, according to researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Older adults - many with limited mobility or socially isolated - are among the most vulnerable when major weather events paralyze city life, said Elaine Wethington in New York City March 5.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued the final State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for Cornell's Lake Source Cooling facility, the agency announced this week.
“Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language and Religion,” co-edited by Morten H. Christiansen, highlights the integrating role of cultural evolution across the social sciences and the humanities, similar to that of organic evolution in biology.
