The contestants' self-driving cars will attempt to complete a simulated military supply mission in an urban environment. The grand prize is $2 million. (Nov. 2, 2007)
Cornell engineering faculty members Brian Kirby and Chekesha Liddell have each received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from two different federal agencies. (Nov. 2, 2007)
Richard Holbrooke, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 1999 to 2001, spoke at the Cornell Club in New York City, Oct. 30, about his experience in Bosnia and how it relates to Iraq. (Nov. 2, 2007)
The Ithaca campus now has a billion reasons to pause and enjoy the early successes of the Far Above à campaign, having sailed passed that fund-raising milestone just recently with a flurry of gifts to the humanities and social sciences. (Nov. 2, 2007)
As Cornell President David Skorton concludes his visit to Asia with three days in Beijing, reports from Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai are making their way back to campus. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Twelve second-year pre-med students from Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar spent summer 2007 in Ithaca working with top researchers, and enrollment in the medical programs continues to increase.
Members of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Honor Society taught local children about strategies to reduce poverty by bringing a sheep to their 4-H Urban Outreach Afterschool Program. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Cornell plans to test its emergency alert system at noon Wednesday, Nov. 7, by sending voice and text messages to everyone in the campus community who has supplied emergency contact information. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Michal Lipson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elected a fellow of the Optical Society of America for her work with silicon nanophotonics. (Nov. 1, 2007)