When SOFIA took off from a runway at NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif. on May 25, the dozens of researchers behind the mission likely felt a few first-time jitters. (May 26, 2010)
Roald Hoffmann, Geoffrey Coates, Garnet Chan and Paul Chirik have received awards from the American Chemical Society for outstanding contributions to the field. (March 16, 2009)
SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, will take flight May 25 along with the Cornell-built FORCAST (the Faint Object InfraRed Camera for the SOFIA Telescope). (May 24, 2010)
Giving high school students access to computers and spreading awareness of what causes malaria were the goals of two different student groups who conducted service trips to Ghana over winter break. (March 4, 2009)
Cornell students are developing programs that will make personal robot servants possible. Their work was on display May 17 in the Duffield Atrium. (May 26, 2011)
Stephen Wicker, professor of electrical and computer engineering, addressed privacy concerns on Capitol Hill; Andrew Myers, associate professor of computer science, tackled security issues. (May 6, 2010)
Brightly glowing nanoparticles known as 'Cornell dots' are a safe, effective way to 'light up' cancerous tumors so surgeons can find and remove them. (Feb. 18, 2009)
The Cornell robot Ranger set a new world record May 2 by walking 40.5 miles on a single battery charge without stopping or being touched. (May 10, 2011)
Amid the challenges of shifting to virtual learning, students and faculty found opportunities for innovation, connection and intellectual growth. Here are snapshots of six courses that took creative approaches to their online formats.
Obesity and type 2 diabetes are inextricably linked, but biochemist and geneticist Ling Qi is working to break that connection, and finding just the right gene could do it. (June 5, 2008)