Anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and Margaret McFall-Ngai, a biologist and ecologist, will enliven Cornell's intellectual and cultural life as newly appointed A.D. White Professors-at-Large. (Aug. 15, 2011)
With a five-year, $10 million grant, Cornell will bring educators together from different backgrounds, including urban areas, to exchange ideas and resources, and form social networks. (Aug. 12, 2011)
'To reflect on arXiv is to reflect on a research world transformed by a two-decade revolution in information technology,' says Paul Ginsparg in a Nature commentary piece published Aug. 11. (Aug. 12, 2011)
The team returned home from the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International contest after besting most of the competition with their vehicle, Drekar. (Aug. 9, 2011)
A company that moved to Ithaca to be close to Cornell's expertise is ready to market a vibration-based power source for wireless sensors. (Aug. 9, 2011)
Cornell Arabic literature professor Shawkat M. Toorawa has received a $50,000 post-fellowship award to continue his work on several literary projects. (Aug. 9, 2011)
Cornell's entering freshman class - the class that will graduate in 2015, the university's sesquicentennial - continues to grow in diversity over its predecessors. (Aug. 8, 2011)
Five finalists, including two Cornellians, performed an hour of music each on historic keyboard instruments Aug. 6 at the Schwartz Center for the first Westfield International Fortepiano Competition. (Aug. 8, 2011)