Cornell graduate students in the Department of Science and Technology Studies will host a conference on "Technology and Identity" April 16-18 in Hans Bethe Auditorium, Clark Hall.
Last summer, a previously healthy farmer checked into Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y., complaining of sudden fever and confusion. His pulse was racing, and he was breathing rapidly.
Based on the success of a $1.4 million program launched in 2001, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Cornell University an additional $1,785,000 over five years to continue postdoctoral fellowships and seminars in the humanities and social sciences.
High-tech gadgets like strategically placed ocean pressure sensors could be valuable tools for protecting residents of tsunami-prone areas. But the biggest need, says Cornell tsunami expert Philip Liu, is for sustained education so both residents and tourists understand the best ways to stay safe when a tsunami hits. In January, Liu led a team of scientists from the National Science Foundation's Tsunami Research Group and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to Sri Lanka, where he observed the devastation from last December's powerful Indian Ocean tsunami. He summarizes the team's findings in a paper in the latest issue (June 10) of the journal Science.
Sheila C. Johnson, philanthropist and co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), will give a public address on the Cornell University campus Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 4 p.m. in the Statler Hotel Ballroom. Johnson's address is part of the Moses and Loulu Seltzer Lecture Series at Cornell and it is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the talk. Both events are sponsored by Cornell's university-wide Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program. (September 9, 2003)
Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Cornell have made a surprising discovery about high-temperature cuprate superconductors, finding that a non-superconducting cuprate has the same electron energy structure.
At 7 p.m. March 23, the Big Red women's basketball team will play in its first-ever NCAA tournament game at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn. The game will be telecast live on ESPN2.
Today, the Big Red faces the Cardinal of Stanford at about 5 p.m. EDT on CBS. This NCAA experience is about learning to cope under a social microscope, smiling under pressure and acknowledging cheers, and the team is savoring it all.
The hotter, the better, when it comes to spices, says Paul W. Sherman, a Cornell neurobiology professor who will speak at the annual herb festival, Saturday, June 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Cornell Plantations.
"This is a generation that is idealistic in wanting to make a difference. Our challenge is to honor that motivation," said former Peace Corps director and Clinton administration official Mark Gearan talking about civic engagement…