Z. Jane Wang, assistant professor of theoretical and applied mechanics at Cornell, has received one of 26 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program awards to continue her studies of insect flight dynamics in Cornell's College of Engineering.
Smart growth and small business development in South Florida were the focus for five Cornell students this summer serving as interns in the Cornell in Miami Program. (Sept. 10, 2007)
"What's everybody's favorite planet?" asked Bill Nye to a group of about 50 people gathered on the Ithaca Commons March 7 for a guided tour of the Sagan Planet Walk. "Well for me, it's Earth all the way," he answered. "I grew up…
Cornell architecture students received real-world experience this semester with a community music center project in Valencia, Spain. Students visited the site over spring break. (May 6, 2008)
A team of three MBA students from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management earned $3,000 and the informal title "Wizards of Wall Street" by making stock recommendations that impressed the financial professionals who served as judges. The Cornell students defeated nine other university teams at the third annual MBA Stock Pitch Challenge April 22 at the Johnson School in Sage Hall on Cornell's campus.
An interfaith delegation from Cornell explored religious and cultural sites in Turkey on a 10-day trip in May, gaining insight from interaction with Turkish people of various faiths. (July 13, 2009)
By probing single-wall carbon nanotubes with an atomic force microscope (AFM), researchers at Cornell have found new ways to cut and bend the tiny tubes.
For those students graduating this year, consider this: More than 83 percent of employment recruiters on college campuses believe that basic computer literacy plays an "important" or "very important" role in the hiring process of recent college graduates, according to a survey from Cornell.
The Codes and Judicial Committee met Dec. 6 to discuss a timetable for submitting a final report to the University Assembly on changes to the Cornell Campus Code of Conduct proposed in the so-called Krause report.