Psychology professor David Dunning and Emily Balcetis, Ph.D. '06, found that when an object is desirable, we perceive it to be closer than it actually is. (March 11, 2010)
Students, faculty and staff are invited to a committee meeting on natural gas drilling on March 18 at 4:30 p.m. in Kennedy Hall's David L. Call Auditorium.
The Cornell men's basketball team, recently crowned Ivy League champions for the third straight year, is inviting the public to watch the NCAA Selection Show, March 14 in Newman Arena. (March 10, 2010)
By watching how energy moves across a device akin to a tiny diving board, researchers are a step closer to creating extraordinarily tiny sensors that can instantly recognize harmful substances. (March 10, 2010)
A Filipino-American graduate student and a Lebanese-American alumnus are among 30 new Soros fellows, who are immigrants or children of immigrants. (March 10, 2010)
Lawyer Kristan Peters-Hamlin '82 has established the Kristan Peters-Hamlin Chair's Fund for Women's Civil Rights in the Middle East in Cornell's Department of Near Eastern Studies. (March 10, 2010)
William Dichtel, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has a 2010 Nontenured Faculty Award from 3M that will provide $15,000 per year toward research for up to three years. (March 10, 2010)
In the next month, Cornell's United Way campaign, which exceeded its 2009-10 goal, will help the Tompkins County United Way raise $100,000 to support food and utilities for people needing help. (March 9, 2010)
The Cornell Board of Trustees will meet on campus in Ithaca, March 10-12. The full board and many committees will have open sessions at the start of their meetings. (March 9, 2010)