Four professors have received funding from Google to launch a Cornell MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Six Pretty Good Books, one of the University Courses, will soon be offered online, for free.
Research on Facebook shows that people base decisions not on the number of requests they receive, but on the variety of social contexts the requests come from. (April 2, 2012)
Global Grand Challenges Symposium brought together faculty, administrators and guests to discuss challenges on which Cornell should place emphasis and resources in 2019-2020.
Just like generations of plants and animals evolve in nature, Cornell engineers are allowing anyone online to guide the evolution of printable, three-dimensional objects. (Aug. 17, 2011)
Days before the Cornell Tech campus dedication Sept. 13 on Roosevelt Island, Founding Dean and Vice Provost Dan Huttenlocher talks about his vision for the campus and how Cornell Tech fits into an ever-changing and increasingly digital world, now and in the future.
While Cornell will never standardize all of its information technology, it must narrow down some of its IT options, said Steve Schuster, interim executive director of CIT, at an open forum Nov. 10.