New York state recently announced an Early Retirement Incentive program for certain participants in the New York State Employees' Retirement System or the State University of New York Optional Retirement Plan. (July 14, 2010)
In a major step toward understanding the mysterious 'pseudogap' state in high-temperature cuprate superconductors, researchers have found a 'broken symmetry' in their electronic structure. (July 14, 2010)
Cornell computer scientists are developing technology to synthesize the sounds that go with computer-animated images of glass and crockery being smashed. (July 14, 2010)
Endowed employees will be able to cover their children ages 19-26 on Cornell health/dental plans, and all employees will be able to cover them on Select Benefits medical reimbursement plans. (July 13, 2010)
Mariel Christie '10 of Clifton Park, N.Y., who graduated from Cornell this past May with a B.S. in biological sciences from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, died in Ithaca July 11.
Students from low-income or minority backgrounds are underrepresented in biology programs across the country, but Cornell's Biology Scholars Program is helping to buck that trend. (July 13, 2010)
Veterinarian Larry Waitz '31 turns 100 today; he's Cornell's oldest surviving veterinarian and received his DVM degree earlier than any other living veterinarian in the United States. (July 12, 2010)