A research team at Cornell University has succeeded in converting nitrogen into ammonia using a long-predicted process that has challenged scientists for decades. The achievement involves using a zirconium metal complex to add hydrogen atoms to the nitrogen molecule and convert it to ammonia, without the need for high temperatures or high pressure. (February 18, 2004)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- New empirical studies on racial discrimination and the influencing of juries related to capital sentencing will be presented at a symposium on the death penalty Saturday, March 28, at Cornell University. The symposium, "How the Death Penalty Works: Empirical Studies of the Modern Capital Sentencing System," sponsored by the Cornell Law Review and the Cornell Death Penalty Project, will bring to campus more than a dozen leading legal scholars, some of whom have represented death-row inmates in postconviction appeals, to address and present new research on capital punishment issues.
Longtime Cornell benefactor and adviser Earl Flansburgh '53, B.Arch. '54, died Feb. 3 from Parkinson's disease. A memorial service will be held Feb. 20 in Cambridge, Mass. (Feb. 11, 2009)
Studies have shown that overweight and obese mothers are significantly more likely to quit breast-feeding their infants sooner than do healthy-weight mothers. An important reason why is the weaker biological response that heavier women have to their babies' suckling, according to a study conducted.
Columbia University Professor Manning Marable, an eminent historian and one of the most influential interpreters of the black experience in America, will be visiting the Cornell University campus to deliver the 2004 Martin Luther King Jr. guest lecture as well as a Sage Chapel sermon. Marable's talks, listed here, are free and open to the public. Sunday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m., Sage Chapel: "When the Spirit Moves: Black Faith and the Struggle for Freedom." Monday, Feb. 23, 4:45 p.m., Sage Chapel: Martin Luther King Jr. speaker, "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Dream Deferred." (February 16, 2004)
Sarah Song, a student at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg, N.Y., is the winner of the first High School Fashion Design Award from the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design. (March 16, 2010)
Deputy Provost David Harris has announced he will take an extended leave of absence to join the Obama administration. His last day on campus will be March 19. (March 15, 2010)
Six members of the Cornell University faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 291 researchers chosen to receive the prestigious award this year.