President Martha E. Pollack has charged a committee of 12 faculty members from across the university to envision what Cornell’s presence in New York City might look like over the next decade.
Cornell researchers have developed new statistical methods based on the complete genome sequences of people alive today to shed light on events at the dawn of human history. (Sept. 19, 2011)
At the Central New York THAT (The Humanities and Technology) Camp in Olin Library, there were no official presenters, while participants voted on workshop topics and met in collaborative sessions.
Events this week include Bike to Work and School Day, a United Way fundraiser, a talk on gender equity and equal pay; and a Mann Library exhibit on Sri Lankan identity in fashion and film.
A system for improving the logistics of medical transport in Ontario, Canada, developed through a series of Cornell operations research projects, will soon be in use to help save lives. (Dec. 20, 2010)
To address the technology and computer training needs of local nonprofits, the Cornell-Ithaca Partnership (C-IP) has partnered with United Way of Tompkins County and its 40 member organizations to form Computer Aid.
Two members of the Cornell University faculty have been awarded Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships. They are Lillian Lee and Andrew Myers, both assistant professors of computer science. The two are among 104 young scientists and economists selected as 2002 Sloan fellows, representing faculty from 53 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The fellowships, totaling $4.16 million this year, allow scientists to continue their research with awards of $40,000 each over two years. Fellows are free to pursue whatever lines of inquiry are of most interest to them. (April 15, 2002)
Dean Krafft, director of information technology for the Faculty of Computing and Information Science, spent Sept. 7 in Washington, D.C., explaining Cornell's contribution to the National Science Digital Library (NSDL).