ProvidedA scanning electron microscope image of an aluminum and silicon nitride resonator coupled to a superconducting single electron transistor (SSET). Researchers watched the resonator move through a phenomenon known as…
Lotte Bailyn, the T. Wilson Professor of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management and author will give a free and open lecture Monday, Feb. 14.
The Vietnam Moving Wall will be displayed on the Agriculture Quad at Cornell University from Tuesday, May 1, through Saturday morning, May 5. The public is invited to opening ceremonies for the Moving Wall on May 1 at 5:30 p.m. on the Ag Quad.
Lee Teng-hui, former president of Taiwan, is planning to travel to Cornell, where he earned his Ph.D. in agricultural economics in 1968, on a personal visit in early May to see his granddaughter, a Cornell student, and to meet with students and faculty at his alma mater. Lee's visit to Cornell is planned for May 2-4. No public speeches or events are anticipated.
In the spirit of civilized academic discourse, panelists at Cornell President David J. Skorton's inaugural academic symposium argued the causes and contradictions of current American foreign policy, differing on the motives…
James Lovell Jr., commander of the perilous Apollo 13 mission in 1970, will speak at Cornell April 16 at 8 p.m. in Bailey Hall. In his talk, "Apollo 13: A Successful Failure," Lovell will share a behind-the-scenes account of what was to be the fifth U.S. mission to the moon.
Juliet Schor, a professor of women's studies at Harvard University and author will give a free and open lecture titled 'Time, for a Change' on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at noon in the Faculty Commons of Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
Cornell Professor Emeritus Alfred E. Kahn is the recipient of the 1997 Welch Pogue Award. The award, presented by Aviation Week Group, publishers of Aviation Week & Space Technology,, honors a visionary and prominent leader's lifetime contributions to aviation.
Technology Review, a magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has named Kelvin H. Lee, assistant professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell, among the "World's Top 100 Young Innovators in Technology and Business".