Six studies published in the past year by Cornell researcher Rui Hai Liu support the growing evidence that apples and other fruits and vegetables with phytochemicals inhibit the growth of mammary tumors. (Feb. 12, 2009)
Cornell University submitted site plan applications May 31 with Ithaca's planning department to install nets on seven bridges on and adjacent to campus. (May 31, 2011)
Now through Sept. 30, the Johnson Museum is showcasing contemporary, African and Asian artworks acquired in the past five years, many of which have never before been on public display. (Sept. 7, 2007)
During the Jewish Diaspora, rabbis maintained a sense of community by developing eruvim - ritual boundaries around communities, said a Jewish scholar May 4 in an Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture. (May 6, 2010)
Cornell is negotiating with PepsiCo to replace Coca-Cola as the predominant beverage provider on campus, including Cornell Dining facilities and vending machines, according to LeNorman J. Strong.
The job market may look increasingly bleak for graduating seniors and young alumni, but '10GoodMinutes,' a free weekly podcast of interviews with experts can help. (Feb. 10, 2009)
As more researchers are publishing their findings in electronic journals, libraries today are faced with the complex question of how to archive and preserve that digital literature for future generations. To begin addressing this issue, the National Science Foundation recently awarded Cornell Library a $450,000 grant to create a system for the long-term preservation and dissemination of digital mathematics and statistics journals.
Under a black cloth in a small cylinder in the basement of a Cornell building, a storm is raging. The cloth is there to protect the unwary from the centerpiece of the laboratory, an instrument equipped with a laser beam powerful enough to harm the retina of the eye.
Jim Houck, the Kenneth A. Wallace Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University and developer and principal investigator for the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared spectrograph, received NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on June 22 for his work on the spectrograph.
Two Cornell University researchers, Robert J. Sullivan Jr., research associate in space sciences, and Harry Stewart, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, have been named by NASA as members of the science team for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission. Sullivan and Stewart will collaborate in an examination of the physical properties of Martian soils, using instruments aboard the two rover vehicles that will explore the Martian surface. The researchers' proposal was one of 28 selected from more than 80 submitted to NASA last December. The MER mission, scheduled for launch in mid-2003, involves two identical rovers. They will arrive at separate destinations on Mars early in 2004. (July 18, 2002)