Dean Krafft, director of information technology for the Faculty of Computing and Information Science, spent Sept. 7 in Washington, D.C., explaining Cornell's contribution to the National Science Digital Library (NSDL).
Tammo Steenhuis, professor of biological and environmental engineering at Cornell University, is the recipient of the 2005 Henry Darcy Medal from the European Geophysical Society.
Three speakers addressed sustainability issues in Turkey during a forum titled 'Development Issues in Southeastern Anatolia, Including GAP (the Southeastern Anatolia Project).'
Cornell University Library's Department of Preservation and Collections Maintenance has developed an online tutorial to guide librarians in the Middle East in the preservation of books and manuscripts.
As Cornell's Presidential Search Committee members continue to seek input from various groups and individuals, several themes have emerged pertaining to the search.
NEW YORK (September 30, 2005) -- A research study by a NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center neurosurgeon demonstrates that surgeons who use an endoscope to biopsy or resect intraventricular brain tumors in patients without hydrocephalus achieve equal if not better results.
Cornell's Solar Decathlon house - a full-scale home that uses only the sun's energy - has arrived in Washington, D.C., in time for the Department of Energy's solar house contest on the National Mall, Oct. 7 to 14.
Even after they have paired with a male, the female North American barn swallow still comparison-shops for sexual partners. And forget personality - females judge males by their looks: the reddish color of the males' breast and belly feathers.