The story of Project FeederWatch – a program where members track birds visiting their feeders – provides an example of how technology has helped citizen science grow bigger in unexpected ways.
The National Science Foundation has awarded Cornell University $1.5 million for a new facility for research on multiscale problems in materials science and molecular biology.
Cornell student teams showed off their high-tech projects at the College of Engineering undergraduate research showcase Sept. 17 in Duffield Hall. (Sept. 19, 2011)
Scientist Marilyn Jacox, Ph.D. ’56, who died in 2013, bequeathed $1.5 million from her estate to fund scholarships for female undergrads studying science and math at Cornell.
Let's Epicure, a startup created by Rachel Wang, MBA '15, Claire Lambrecht '06, MBA '15, and Miwa Takaki, MBA '15 won a $10,000 business competition prize for their company, which helps with healthy eating.
Three young Cornell researchers have won National Institutes of Health New Innovator Awards. The awards provide up to $1.5 million over five years for innovative, high-impact projects.
At a June 13 press conference in New York City, Cornell announced $450 million in campaign gifts for the medical college, and life sciences and intercampus research. Joan and Sanford Weill's $300 million is largest gift in Cornell history. (June 13, 2007)
Four Cornell University faculty members are among this year's recipients of National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Awards. The Faculty Early Career Development Program is NSF's most prestigious awars for new faculty members.
Design students working with Professor Lorraine Maxwell have been helping the New Roots high school and Caroline Elementary School rethink how they use some of their spaces. (Dec. 15, 2010)