The Grants Program for Digital Collections in the Arts and Sciences seeks new proposals to digitize collections. The deadline for expressing initial interest is Feb. 17.
Alain Seznec, emeritus professor of Romance studies, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and former University Librarian, died at home in Ithaca Feb. 21. He was 86.
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers $2 million to study the combination of inorganic semiconductor nanoparticles and bacterial cells for more efficient bioenergy conversion.
Alex Hayes, co-investigator for NASA Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z, comments on his team's work in advance of the rover's landing on Mars, and on the significance of the mission.
Events this week include Science on Tap, Festival24 and auditions at the Schwartz Center, Michelle Wolf at Bailey Hall, and films about the tumult of 1968.
N’Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba began her term as director of the Einaudi Center's Institute for African Development July 1. She is leading IAD’s contributions to the center’s new thematic initiative on global racial justice.
Professor emerita of architecture Bonnie Graham McDougall died Nov. 26 at age 76. She was an expert on South Asian architecture and culture whose research and teaching interests included anthropology and linguistics.
Things to do this week include a new edition of “World According to Sound”; a meal with the founder of Ithaca Hummus; and virtual activities for Senior Spirit Days.
Five Cornell faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.
