The giant instruments at astronomical observatories designed and built by a regional king in 18th-century India have captivated generations of visitors. They have also inspired Barry Perlus, Cornell associate professor of art and…
New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau '87 has won a 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for his coverage of domestic spying.
Lichtblau and fellow Times journalist James Risen shared the $10,000 prize, announced April 17…
If you remember punched cards, you are probably retired.
John Rudan does, and he is.
Rudan, who joined Cornell Information Technologies in 1960 and served in various directorial capacities from 1964 until his retirement in…
Pulling out from the Battery Maritime Building in downtown Manhattan, the ferry to Governors Island rose and fell on the waves with 24 inner-city teenagers on board, while an orange Staten Island Ferry lumbered toward the Statue…
The pioneering design for the Bridging the Rift (BTR) project on the border of Israel and Jordan -- a unique scientific collaboration between the two countries in partnership with Cornell and Stanford universities -- has won the…
"Innovation to me is the ultimate step. It changes the way we live and makes the world a bigger and better place," said Artemio Castro of Procter and Gamble (P&G), the keynote speaker at the 21st Annual Undergraduate Research…
Asian-American/Asian students, especially males, are under unique pressures to meet high expectations of parents by succeeding in such traditional predetermined careers as medicine and engineering, said Dr. Henry Chung '84, assistant vice president for student health at New York University, speaking on campus April 13. (April 19, 2006)
Cornell planners want to learn about the commuting needs and choices of the university's faculty, staff and students as part of a transportation study that will be used to develop strategies and options to reduce or avoid adverse…
After fostering almost a decade of innovative educational, research and business initiatives at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, Robert J. Swieringa, the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean, will step down at the end of…