Knowing what to study and having the necessary skills to succeed are students’ main course-related concerns in introductory STEM classes, according to a new study co-led by Cornell researchers.
The Braudy Foundation – founded by Bob Braudy ’65, M.Eng. ’66, and his wife, Judi – has committed to funding a second five-year phase of a research collaboration between Cornell and Northern Arizona University.
NASA’s Dragonfly mission, which will send a rotorcraft relocatable lander to Titan’s surface in the mid-2030s, will be the first mission to explore the surface of Titan.
Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences and professor of astronomy, has been awarded the 2018 Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach by the American Physical Society.
Forty years after astronomer Carl Sagan helped people explore space through his “Cosmos” television series, a new season of scientific adventures will air on the National Geographic Channel, beginning March 9.
A Cornell-led collaboration set out to study thermal conduction in the superfluid helium-3 and discovered a series of unexpected phenomena that reaffirm just how dynamic and unconventional the material is.
Steven Squyres,the scientific Principal Investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, Don Banfield, a senior research associate specializing in planetary sciences, and Mason Peck, professor of aerospace engineering and former NASA Chief Technologist, are available for interviews about the Opportunity rover — in a state of hibernation since being swept up in a dust storm on Mars.
Changes make the curriculum easier for students to navigate, simplify the graduation requirements and expand student opportunities for interdisciplinary work and faculty opportunities for innovative teaching.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft and the InSight lander have both received mission extensions, the space agency announced Jan. 8. Cornell astronomers serve key roles on both projects.
