If you want to see the future of technology, look at what today's students are inventing. An array of examples was on display April 3 at the annual BOOM (Bits on Our Minds) exhibition in the Duffield Atrium.
Squinting close to the beginning of time, Dominik Riechers, Cornell assistant professor of astronomy, has discovered an association of gas-rich galaxies near the infancy of cosmic time. It’s an early epoch – some 12.7 billion years ago – telling a tale that revolves around an exceptionally dusty galaxy called AzTEC-3.
For 55 years, biophysicist George Hess has been teaching, running a research lab and mentoring students. On April 18, colleagues will celebrate his work and career with an academic seminar. (April 9, 2012)
Three Cornell graduate students are among 27 awardees of the 2010-11 Intel Ph.D. Fellowship Program, which has contributed more than $1 million to support top doctoral candidates across the nation. (Oct. 11, 2010)
Two professors disagreed with a war veteran over what the United States should do next in Afghanistan. Their roundtable discussion took place Jan. 31 in the A.D. White House. (Feb. 2, 2011)
Superconductivity and magnetism tend not to coexist, but theoretical physicists at Cornell have engineered a system in which these conflicting properties are believed to put aside their differences.
Astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger, leader of a research group at the Max Planck Institute, joins the Cornell astronomy faculty as an associate professor to work on the age-old question: Are we alone in the universe?
The President's Council of Cornell Women's Affinito-Stewart Grants Program has awarded research grants to seven assistant professors to help them complete research important in their tenure process.