One man and a plate of cookies led to Cornell's inaugural Bartels Award to recognize the outstanding customer service performed by the custodial staff on campus. (Feb. 1, 2008)
You don't need to start with large sums of money to invest for retirement, and you don't have to be a pro. Resources abound on the Web sites of each of Cornell's vendors.
President David Skorton and professor Robert Richardson were among the 19 university presidents and 49 Nobel laureates who signed a letter urging Barack Obama to support an increase in funding for science. (Jan. 16, 2009)
President David Skorton and senior leaders presented the annual Cornell Town-Gown (TOGO) Awards Dec. 8, celebrating with community leaders the partnerships between Cornell and local organizations.
January temperatures for the Northeast region of the United States averaged 7.7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal, making it the 10th warmest January in the last 104 years of record-keeping, according to Keith Eggleston, a senior climatologist at the Northeast Regional Climate Center.
Imagine T-shirts that light up, or a beach umbrella that collects solar energy to run a portable TV. How about really cheap solar collectors for the roof?
All this and more could come from cutting-edge research at Cornell that…
The great ice storm of Jan. 7-11 has long since melted away. But the economic damage left in its wake continues to mount, with New York maple syrup producers facing production losses of more than $3 million.
Graduate student Ayuen Ajok recently told middle school students what it was like to be a Lost Boy of Sudan. He fled his village in 1987 and walked for thousands of miles, often without food or water.
Researchers in Civil and Environmental Engineering and other disciplines are helping New York state address a broad range of transportation problems, from how to promote car pooling and optimizing highway maintenance management to how to get trains and freight trucks on coordinated schedules, and a host of other issues related to making transportation more efficient, safe and less costly.