Cornell is taking a leading role in the country's first National Geothermal Academy, expected to launch this summer with an intensive training program. (Jan. 12, 2011)
A new study using a computer algorithm developed at Cornell shows that connections between people in Great Britain coincide remarkably well with political boundaries. (Dec. 20, 2010)
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)
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)
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)
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)
The Cornell assistant professor of astronomy works on instrumentation that searches the night skies for planets outside our solar system, called extrasolar planets. (Oct. 12, 2009)
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)
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)