A new wrinkle for the final project in Hadas Kress-Gazit's Mechatronics class had students building autonomous robots that competed in a game called Cube Craze.
Events this week include a town-gown collaboration performed with Latina/o community members, silent comedy and Middle Eastern cinema, songs for Jim Henson, a book talk on creativity and intelligence, and the Digital Agriculture Hackathon.
Cornell professor of computer science Jon Kleinberg '93 is one of 65 new members of the National Academy of Engineering this year. Also elected were four other Cornell alumni. (Feb. 11, 2008)
A team of Cornell researchers has been awarded a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop advanced Web tools for social sciences research.
The impacts of climate change on corn yields in the United States and China in coming decades may not be all bad, according to a new Cornell and University of Tokyo study. (Feb. 23, 2011)
Sophocles' tragedy "Oedipus (Tyrannus)," translated and directed by professor of classics Frederick Ahl, will be performed on campus Nov. 10-12 by students in Ahl's course Ancient Theatre Performance.
Louis Hyman, professor of economic history, urged lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to learn from history and put into place the types of economic policies that heaved the economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Provost Michael Kotlikoff has called for proposals for feasibility and planning grants for academic programs that span the Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses. The deadline to submit proposals is Jan. 22, 2016.