Nevin D. 'Ned' Harkness, the first coach to win national championships in two different sports, died Sept. 19 at the age of 89. A memorial service is being planned for 11 a.m. on Oct. 11 in Glens Falls, N.Y. (Sept. 19, 2008)
The discovery of a 100-million-year old bee embedded in amber - perhaps the oldest bee ever found - 'pushes the bee fossil record back about 35 million years,' according to Bryan Danforth.
A Web site being developed at Cornell University will give reconstruction workers and researchers access to detailed information on the status of critical infrastructure in communities along the Mississippi coast.
Resources of the Cornell Theory Center have helped scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) make new findings about the births of planets in other solar systems. The dozen or so new planets discovered within the past year probably had violent beginnings, mainly because they were born in solar systems with two or more massive planets the size of Jupiter, the MIT astrophysicists say.
The Ithaca Downtown Partnership, in conjunction with Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins-Cortland Community College, is sponsoring a new, annual event — College and Community Expo — on the Ithaca Commons this weekend.
Cut-out, smackdown, payback, tune-in and turn-off: It’s time for “Think Big, Live Green,” a major energy conservation and sustainability campaign being launched Sept. 4 by Cornell’s College of Engineering.
Physics major Eyvind Niklasson '17 has made both Google and Facebook’s lists of helpful “pentesters,” kinder, gentler hackers who have reported vulnerabilities in their systems.
Events this week include a local foods fair and photography at Mann Library, a Thanksgiving feast, science fiction films, an Indian cultural gala, and a Literary luncheon with James McConkey. (Nov. 19, 2009)
President Barack Obama will lead a memorial service in Tucson Jan. 12, and the Cornell community reflected on the tragedy of six dead and 14 wounded, including Cornellians Gabrielle Giffords and Susan Hileman. (Jan. 12, 2011)