Cornell researcher Derek Stewart and collaborators have calculated the exact mechanism by which diamond conducts heat, a breakthrough that could lend insight into many fields, including electronics. (Sept. 21, 2009)
The Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) program, which offers career resources about non-academic jobs, is now available to all Cornell Ph.D. students and postdocs.
A team of three Cornell students will be among 100 teams in the world finals of the 2009 Association of Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest in Stockholm, April 18-22. (April 9, 2009)
The $674 billion Defense Appropriations bill signed into law recently includes $8 million to CHESS, to extend a 10-year partnership with the Air Force Research Lab.
The 2012 QS World University Rankings by subject have placed Cornell in the world's top 200 institutions in many categories, ranging from hard sciences to the humanities.
The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies will lead an effort to help doctoral students strengthen dissertation research proposals with support from the Social Science Research Council.
More than 100 students presented their work in local and global communities April 16, and discussed the impact those projects have had on the community and their learning.