Cornell's entry performed beautifully in the DARPA Grand Challenge, as far as it went, but was eliminated after only nine miles due to a software weakness, the team reported.
Donald M Eigler, a physicist at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif., presents the 2005 Hans Bethe lecture, 'Life Among the Atoms: A Celebration of the Small Frontier.'
In the new book called 'Interest,' Cornell sociologist Richard Swedberg traces the intellectual history of the concept of interest and argues that how economists have used the concept is too narrow a view.
Alice Pell, international professor of animal science, was named director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development, effective July 1.
Marc Zawel, former managing editor of the Cornell Daily Sun, will return to his alma mater Thursday, Oct. 13, to talk about the national release of his first published work.
The launch of the China and Asia-Pacific Studies program, Cornell's pioneering new undergraduate major, will be celebrated with a lecture by Chen Jian.
An analysis of 20 years of data on the health of over 900 adults has found that long-term use of traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and naproxen, cuts the risk for oral cancer in smokers by half.
Cornell alumna Ellen Albertini Dow '35 has made a big impact on stage, screen and TV. She's in the summer hit "The Wedding Crashers" but is perhaps best known for her role as the "rappin' grandma" in the Adam Sandler film.
Preservationist Jeff Morgan '84 wants to make postwar Iraq as popular a destination for tourists visiting ancient sites as Peru's Machu Picchu – which attracts 1,500 people a day and brings in millions of dollars in revenues.