Rachel Bean, assistant professor of astronomy, has received a 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her work in cosmology and theoretical astrophysics. (Nov. 10, 2010)
John Leggett, of Canterbury, N.H., received an Excellence in Integrated Pest Management Award from the New York State IPM Program at Cornell for development of automated weather instruments.
Cornell chemical engineers and astronomers have theorized a new kind of methane-based cell membrane that could thrive in the harsh, cold conditions of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Eight faculty members have received Stephen H. Weiss Awards for excellence in their teaching of undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education.
Direct assembly of nanomaterials for highly efficient energy conversion will be the goal of a five-year, $750,000 project led by Cornell researcher David Erickson.
Cornell will offer four new massive open online courses - or MOOCs - in 2016. Learn abouts sharks, GMOs, engineering simulations and how mergers and acquisitions get done.
The funds from the National Science Foundation's Academic Research Infrastructure grant program will create four state-of-the-art science labs at the Paleontological Research Institution by summer 2011. (Oct. 20, 2010)