Dozens of astronomers, physicists and engineers came together for a symposium July 28-29 at Cornell to celebrate the 65th birthday of Joe Burns, the Irving Porter Church Professor of Engineering, a professor of astronomy and a…
NEW YORK -- An experimental drug targeted to a cancer-causing mechanism within the cell may be a powerful weapon against deadly multiple myeloma.
So concludes a team of researchers at the Weill Medical College of Cornell…
James Walsh, executive director of strategy and alternatives for Hermes Pensions Management in London, the United Kingdom's largest pension fund, will become Cornell's chief investment officer (CIO), managing the university's $5…
Community college presidents, administrators, faculty and trustees will meet Aug. 9-11 to discuss the future of higher education accreditation, legislated performance measures and the assessment of learning outcomes.
The…
Professor Robin Davisson participated in a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute cardiovascular working group that provided initial input for the institute's three-part strategic planning initiative.
George Malliaras, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has been named the L.B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Facility, and Don Tennant of Lucent Technologies will be director of operations.
David Skorton met with legislators on Capitol Hill July 18 in a marathon day of introductions and discussions aimed at forging the beginnings of a strong connection with the state's leaders.
Two Cornell-built satellites called ICE Cube 1 and 2 were among 18 small, mainly student-built satellites aboard a Russian rocket that crashed July 26 in Kazakhstan.
A Cornell 'trap network,' begun in 1994 to alert farmers when damaging pests are threatening 60,000 acres of sweet corn across New York, could now help researchers track how these pests respond to changing climates.