The $30,000 awards recognize outstanding tenured faculty early in their careers for distinguished research and scholarly achievements, combined with their continuing commitment to Cornell. (April 17, 2008)
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.
Believe it or not, there are some problems computers just can't solve - at least not quickly enough to be of any use. Many of them are of the type computer scientists call "combinatorial" in which the computer has to try out a vast number of different combinations.
Gen. Wesley K. Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and a Democratic primary candidate for president in 2004, will address Cornell University's annual Senior Convocation for graduating students and their families, Saturday, May 28.
A more positive relationship between a franchisee and the hotel parent company can lead to better occupancy rates and happier customers -- not to mention increased profits. That's according to a new study by Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.
We are moving from a welfare state to a welfare planet, predicted former Cornell President Jeffrey S. Lehman, Nov. 9 in Bache Hall, in one of his first formal scholarly presentations on campus.
Lehman's early academic life was to…
The Cornell International Political Economy Program is sponsoring a two-day seminar, "The Politics of Globalization's," Nov. 6-7, in Room 401 Warren Hall. The seminar will focus on the current Asian financial crisis and other areas of global political and economic interest. It is free and open to the public.
A panel of five Cornell professors and administrators talked on the topic 'American's Original Sin: Obama, Race, Religion and Politics' before several hundred people in Sage Chapel on March 27. (April 1, 2008)