Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel laureate in chemistry and the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Humane Letters at Cornell, has received the 2009 Public Service Award from the National Science Board. (May 14, 2009)
At its monthly meeting April 13, the Faculty Senate was given a progress report by Provost Kent Fuchs on a range of campus issues, from reaccreditation to strategic plan initiatives.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Corporate entrepreneurs in New York City will use distance learning techniques to give hands-on marketing advice to Cornell inventors on the university's upstate campus this Friday afternoon, Jan. 29. The Cornell Research Foundation offers more than 400 licenses to commercialize patentable technology invented or developed on the Cornell University campus. Among the most intriguing are:
Using a genomic approach, a Cornell team has developed a test that can precisely pinpoint the exact nature and origin of food-borne bacteria with unprecedented accuracy. (Oct. 24, 2011)
Nanotech devices for biology research, a new way to pasteurize milk, improvements in cellular phone systems and new strawberry varieties were among the 41 patents issued to 32 Cornell inventors during fiscal year 2005-06. They…
Steven Strogatz, Thomas Gilovich and Dr. Joseph Fins have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, along with Sanford Weill '55, chair of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell. (April 18, 2012)
Cornell President David Skorton sat down with Cornell Chronicle editors to talk about the the five-year campaign's public phase, launched this week in New York City.
Three businesses in New York state have been selected to receive JumpStart awards with the Cornell Center for Materials Research for this semester. (Feb. 21, 2008)
MRI-guided ultrasound ablation, a new noninvasive treatment for tremors being offered at Weill Cornell Medicine, is helping people with essential tremors.