A tiny, invisible crack in the aluminum-alloy skin of an airplane can sometimes grow into a major crack that causes the skin to tear open in flight. A new research program at Cornell aims to understand how this happens, starting at the level of atoms and working up.
The civil and environmental engineering assistant professor has received $277,000 from the Office of Naval Research to perform atomic modeling for ships.
NEW YORK -- The man who founded the popular travel Web site Priceline.com, Jay S. Walker, ILR '77, told a standing-room-only New York City audience on April 27 that the "age of the muscle is ending" and is "being replaced by the age of the mind." Walker was addressing more than 225 Cornell alumni and guests at Cornell Theory Center's (CTC) Manhattan offices.
Events this week include Cornell Orchards' Apple Spectacular, a student-made film reflecting on service in Thailand; the Cornell Orchestras playing jazz with special guests; MFA students reading poetry and fiction; and lectures on law and technology, global child welfare and the Middle East.
Cornell has signed an agreement with the government of Paraguay to further international outreach, fieldwork and exchange of information and resources.
Researchers at Cornell have had their best success yet in simulating the folding of a protein solely from the physical laws that govern the behavior of its atoms.
The Starr Foundation, chaired by Maurice R. Greenberg, has committed $6 million to the College of Veterinary Medicine. The gift will create two endowed professorships in clinical research.
University Librarian Anne Kenney is at work on technical and administrative fronts, but her chief priority is the renovation of Olin Library. (Sept. 10, 2008)