Hundreds of New York state high school students came to campus to explore college and specific fields at Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Career Explorations conference July 1-3.
Gaurav Moghe has undertaken characterization of acylsugars, a family of compounds found only in potatoes, tomatoes and peppers, that play an important role in plant self-defense.
A permanent exhibit of simple black silhouettes of North and South American birds now graces the white north wall of the visitor’s center at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
More than 700 staff enjoyed lunch, reflections and student performances at the 25th anniversary of the Jennie T. Farley Office Professionals Celebration.
Microsoft is funding a Microsoft Institute for High-Performance Computing at Cornell with annual funding of $400,000, renewable each year for an indefinite period. The new institute will greatly expand the ability of researchers…
Photonics pioneer Michal Lipson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is named one of 23 MacArthur Fellows for 2010 by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
At its May 28 meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees elected six new trustees to four-year terms who will join two recent alumni-elected trustees and two student-elected trustees; the new trustees’ terms begin July 1.
If you have ever lost a computer file, you know backup systems are crucial. But usually they come at a price: Either they slow down the system during the day, or they waste energy by requiring that computers be left on. Staff members in the Division of Facilities Services solved both problems, and if other departments follow their example, Cornell could save some $1.5 million a year in energy costs. (December 14, 2005)