Presented by the American Chemical Society, the 2013 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry. (Aug. 21, 2012)
The School of Operations Research and Information Engineering master's program was recognized for excellence in preparing students to become practitioners of analytics and operations research. (April 23, 2012)
A new phase of matter known as topological insulators, until recently known only for esoteric quantum-mechanical properties, might have a practical use in controlling magnetic memory and logic devices.
While some cities in the Northeast endured dry spells, nine cities broke their records for rain in April and May, reports Cornell's Northeast Regional Climate Center. (June 3, 2011)
Cornell’s newest MOOC will give thousands of students worldwide an opportunity to learn skills that are regularly taught to the university's undergraduate engineering students on campus.
Researchers at Cornell and Weill Cornell Medical College have received a $1.34 million grant to study whether obesity changes breast tissue in a manner similar to tumors, thereby permitting the disease to develop.
The Cornell Center for Materials Research has been approved for a six-year, $23.2 million extension of funding from the National Science Foundation to continue its mission of research, education and outreach.
On Jan. 2, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations’ new New York City headquarters and conference center opened in the historic General Electric building at 570 Lexington Ave. Several other Cornell colleges, units and programs will soon be using space in the building.
While developed countries have long been blamed for Earth’s rising greenhouse gas emissions, Cornell researchers now predict when developing countries will contribute more to climate change than advanced societies: 2030.
The northeastern United States enjoyed its warmest March in 118 years, beating out the previous warm-winter record set in 1945, according to Cornell Northeast Regional Climate Center. (April 13, 2012)