Trevor Pinch found that apps make the man or woman. The smartphone apps you download and use creates an 'appitype' grouping personal characteristics. (Feb. 15, 2011)
Steven Strogatz presented the talk, Doing Math in Public: From the Columns of The New York Times to 'The Calculus of Friendship,' as part of the Conversations at Keeton discussion series. (Feb. 14, 2011)
Cornell Cooperative Extension is training Fort Drum soldiers in ways to help Afghan farmers, including how to fight wheat rust - dubbed the 'H1N1 of the wheat world.' (Feb. 14, 2011)
Bard College professor Ian Buruma, the Einaudi Center Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker, talked about worldviews that can be considered 'enemies of democracy.' (Feb. 14, 2011)
The state has accepted the changes Cornell has made to comply with DEC requirements, following the Dec. 10-11 accidental discharge from Cornell's alkaline hydrolysis digester. (Feb. 10, 2011)
Cornell's women's ice hockey game against Yale, Feb. 12, includes a benefit for the United Way: For each person attending, two anonymous donors will give $1.11 to the county campaign. (Feb. 10, 2011)
Three professors discussed the status of Egypt's turmoil Feb. 9. One stressed that social media played a key role in triggering the protests; another that nothing has changed yet. (Feb. 10, 2011)
Events on campus this week include Cinema's Elegant Winter Party, talks on NASA's new telescope, 'Precious Little,' Stewart O'Nan reading, and a lecture by the director of the U.S. Census Bureau. (Feb. 10, 2011)
For the first time, Cornell has entered a national recycling contest, Recyclemania, Feb. 7-April 2, coordinated by the Class of 2014 Council and Cornell's recycling team, R5 Operations. (Feb. 10, 2011)