A memorial fund to benefit minority students interested in geosciences has been established in the name of Cornell undergraduate Michael Augustin, who died June 3.
Students competed for $10,000 in prize money to offer the best ideas on how Pepper, a humanoid robot that can interpret emotions and have intelligent conversations, can be used in the hospitality industry.
Events on campus this week include free concerts and a Thai festival in Willard Straight Hall, a roundtable on genocide in Rwanda, a sustainability research panel and a talk on math and magic.
Monika Safford, M.D. ’86, has been named chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Events on campus this week include a women's hockey game supporting the United Way, concerts and films, and a lecture on climate change and natural gas by a leading environmentalist.
For the world’s deteriorating environment, don’t blame burning fossil fuels exclusively. Land use and land cover changes contribute about 40 percent to “radiative forcing,” a key factor in global warming, according to a new study by Cornell scientists.
A physics lab course redesigned as an active learning course earned praise from participating professors and students at a December poster session displaying students’ final projects.
Events in June include the Cornell Savoyards' sesquicentennial adaptation of "Princess Ida"; the fourth IT@Cornell conference, an outdoor screening of "The African Queen," lectures and concerts.