A new grant from the National Science Foundation will support 30 graduate students working in the Cornell Center for Materials Research on the development of materials to advance sustainable living. (Sept. 15, 2009)
Two researchers from Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine will study heart fibrillation as part of a 19-researcher team that was awarded $10 million from the National Science Foundation. (Sept. 15, 2009)
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to enter or update their emergency contact information prior to Cornell's next emergency notification test, planned for early October. (Sept. 15, 2009)
Faculty offered tips to other faculty on how to keep students engaged in large lecture courses in a panel discussion Sept. 10. Some strategies: keep moving, summarize and show you care. (Sept. 15, 2009)
VPSI Inc., the national leader in commuter vanpool companies, is working with TCAT,Cornell and others to offer a complement to traditional transit service to Tompkins County. (Sept. 15, 2009)
To help first-year students who are Muslims adjust to campus life - right in the middle of Ramadan - Professor Shawka Toorawa planned events throughout the month, including an Iftaar meal Sept. 13. (Sept. 15, 2009)
Nearly $19 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is supporting the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell Electron Storage Ring and the planned Energy Recovery Linac. (Sept. 14, 2009)
Now students can major in environmental engineering and graduate with an accredited degree in that field, which also qualifies them to sit for the Fundamentals of Engineering examination. (Sept. 14, 2009)
Cornell received a set of 13 new college banners as a gift from the Cornell alumni of the Sigma Phi Society, Sept. 11. The banners hang from the ceiling of Willard Straight Hall's Memorial Room. (Sept. 14, 2009)