Linguist and vernacular language scholar John Rickford and Indian architect and educator Brinda Somaya have been elected Andrew Dickson White Professors-at-Large at Cornell for six-year terms effective July 1.
Anindita Banerjee, associate professor of comparative literature, launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund translation of Russian science fiction spanning the revolution to the 1990s.
Elephants are not bothered by dynamite explosions, but nearby human activity prompts them to dramatically change their behavior, reports a Cornell study. (Sept. 8, 2010)
Professor Steve Strogatz was honored for outstanding achievement in communicating about mathematics to nonmathematicians Jan. 6 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans. (Jan. 8, 2007)
A group of Cornell researchers has shown the ability to functionalize cotton fabric with a porous beta-cyclodextrin polymer, which can sequester organic micropollutants in both water and air.
Cornell's emergency notification system made about 5,800 voice calls in 15 minutes and delivered more than 14,000 text messages Oct. 14, as part of a test of the system. (Oct. 19, 2009)
"The current state of math in the media is abysmal," said math journalist Sara Robinson at an applied mathematics colloquium April 14 at Cornell University. What the math community needs, she said, is an independent mathematical…
VanPool, a new program of Commuter and Parking Services and TCAT, consists of a group of commuters who help maintain a van and commute together. (Oct. 23, 2008)
On the day before graduation, Posse staff from Cornell's program as well as leaders from the national Posse office gathered to honor the graduates and wish them well.
President David Skorton told the 180 graduates of Weill Cornell Medical College that they have the education, skills, will and determination to meet unparalleled challenges of the professional world head on. (June 3, 2009)