Two new departments chairs have been announced at Cornell. Christopher Ober, professor of materials science and engineering, has been named chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Trevor J. Pinch has been named chair of the Department of Science and Technology Studies for a five-year term.
Johnson & Johnson, the multinational medical products concern, has yet again shown its support of Cornell research by awarding a $270,000, three-year grant to Bruce Ganem.
A new study finds that in the case of insects that developed resistance to a powerful plant toxin, the same adaptations have occurred independently, in separate species in different places and times.
Betty Friedan's life and Cornell connection celebrated. The occasion for these tributes was the celebration of Friedan's life, April 24 at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). Sponsored by the Provost's Office, the Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies (FGSS) program and the ILR School.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $250,000 grant to Cornell University to boost the marketing infrastructure for lambs and goats in the Northeast. The initial project, which runs to July 2002.
A team of three computer science students from Cornell will compete with 62 teams from six continents in the finals of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest.
Research has identified the predominant spore-forming bacteria in milk and their unique enzyme activity, knowledge that can now be used to protect the quality and shelf life of dairy products. (July 17, 2012)
A glimpse into the technological future was on display in Duffield Hall atrium May 18, where 23 teams of students showcased their sensing, grasping and flying robots for the public. (May 19, 2010)
Nanobiotechnologists at Cornell University have built and pilot-tested the first biomolecular motors with tiny metal propellers. Success in fabricating and operating hybrid organic-inorganic nanodevices the size of virus particles is reported by the Cornell team of biophysicists and engineers in the Nov. 24 issue of the journal Science.
A $2,245,997 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will provide fellowships for 12 Cornell graduate students each year over the next five years in a new interdisciplinary program on nonlinear systems.