Dan Luo, whose work in nucleic acid engineering is changing the way scientists look at DNA, has garnered a prestigious 2006 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation. (Oct. 12, 2006)
Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings announced today (Oct. 25) the formation of an Academic Initiatives Fund to finance the recruiting of new faculty who will forge creative, intellectual initiatives, particularly across disciplines.
President Jeffrey Lehman will cut the red ribbon that marks the official grand reopening of the renovated School of Industrial and Labor Relations Conference Center, Research and Extension Buildings Oct. 15.
Poor rural women who don't always have enough food in their homes exhibit binge eating patterns and are only about half as likely as other women to consume daily the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables. Therefore, these women are less likely to consume adequate vitamin C, potassium and fiber.
While at the World Bank, Basu, professor of economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, will be on temporary leave from his post at Cornell. (Sept. 17, 2012)
Is the United States too "economically correct?" In other words, do Americans adhere too rigidly to policies like deregulation, privatization and cutbacks in the public sphere and to a belief that the free market is the cure for all of society's ills?
The pioneering design for the Bridging the Rift (BTR) project on the border of Israel and Jordan -- a unique scientific collaboration between the two countries in partnership with Cornell and Stanford universities -- has won the…
Two firefighters from the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) will give six presentations in the Ithaca area Thursday and Friday, Jan. 16 and 17, as part of a statewide tour to give thanks to communities who supported rescue efforts in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. The program will include video and artifacts from Ground Zero. (January 14, 2003)
A new study finds that the mice who accompanied humans in their dispersal across Earth prove to be an ideal way to document human migration. (March 19, 2012)
Johannes Gehrke, assistant professor of computer science at Cornell University, has been named a faculty associate director of the Cornell Theory Center (CTC). "Johannes is not new to the center," said Thomas Coleman, CTC director and professor of computer science and applied mathematics. "He has already helped in significant ways with many CTC initiatives over the last several years; this appointment is, in part, recognition of a growing and positive relationship. It also recognizes his international research reputation, strong leadership potential and effective collaboration skills. Our team is now deeper and stronger." (August 24, 2004)