Four research projects at Cornell University have been selected to receive a total of $1.1 million in Department of Defense (DoD) grants under the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program and the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). The research project leaders are Kenneth Birman, professor of computer science; Lang Tong, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering; Matthew Miller, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; and Stephen Pope, the Sibley College Professor of Mechanical Engineering. (March 27, 2003)
Events on campus this week include a reading by Chinese-American writer Marilyn Chin, a debate with cake for the ILR School's 70th anniversary, IvyQ, and an talk on earthquake forecasting.
We have pulled the bald eagle from the brink of extinction, we've saved the California condor, and even the alligator and the buffalo have made a comeback.
If it's savory and scrumptious, it must be Bocados. With a bite-size Latino-style delicacy, Cornell food science students are vying for the school's fourth national championship at the annual Student Food Product Development competition.
Cornell University began tracking its students' racial and ethnic status in 1982. Since then, the Class of 2013 is the most diverse ever. (Aug. 19, 2009)
We can listen to a car radio and drive while keeping an eye on changing traffic conditions -- separate complex tasks completed without much trouble. But if two people are talking to us at the same time, our perceptual frequencies…
Revolutionary scientific thinker Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, a leading software system for technical computing and symbolic programming, and chief executive of Wolfram Research Inc., will present a lecture Wednesday, Oct. 2, on the Cornell University campus. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be in David L. Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall at 7:30 p.m., with a question period scheduled for 8:30. (September 24, 2002)
Cornell freshmen will not be assigned to university housing in Collegetown and some residences on North Campus will house only freshmen next fall was announced.
Cornell students and Indian students from four universities added to their global perspective through the International Agriculture and Rural Development field course. (Feb. 19, 2009)