Provost Kent Fuchs issued a statement Dec. 16 announcing the formation of the Program Management Office to coordinate, track and monitor the implementation of at least $90 million in administrative cost savings.
Four grants awarded from the Summer 2009 Seed Grant Competition are intended to promote research on foreign policy and international development as well as international studies in general. (Dec. 16, 2009)
Cornell chemist Paul Chirik and colleagues have devised a new way to break the tough nitrogen-nitrogen bond in the lab and simultaneously create carbon-nitrogen bonds. (Dec. 16, 2009)
Morgan Fleischman of the School of Hotel Administration, Darius Niknamfard of the ILR School and Steven Shterenberg of the College of Arts and Sciences have won Gilman Scholarships to study abroad. (Dec. 16, 2009)
New York could rival California as a technology hot spot, but it must focus on commercializing research from its world-class universities, according to a report by a task force led by President David Skorton. (Dec. 15, 2009)
There is potential for preserving and even enhancing the library's resources in the age of budget trimming, said University Librarian Anne Kenney at a lunch Dec. 9 in Sage Hall.
An interdisciplinary Cornell team will develop computer models, funded by the EPA, that consider such factors as trade patterns, transportation and economic geography associated with globalization. (Dec. 15, 2009)
Cornell students and faculty participated in a series of programs celebrating Indonesian culture from Dec. 7-12 at the New York Public Library. (Dec. 15, 2009)
Two researchers in Cornell's Center for the Study of Economy and Society will study the current economic crisis as part of a new postdoctoral program funded by the National Science Foundation. (Dec. 15, 2009)