The highly endangered North Atlantic right whale population is facing a difficult journey to recovery. That recovery may become even more precarious if North Atlantic climate takes a turn for the worse, according to Cornell University ecologists.
Displaying the magnificence and grace of 1874 Victorian landmark outside, Sage Hall - the new home of the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell - is, inside, a state-of-the-art, fully networked management education center.
Arlie O. Petters, a mathematician at Duke University, is the first recipient of the Blackwell-Tapia Prize, an award that specifically honors a mathematical scientist from underrepresented minority groups, including African Americans and Hispanics.
In war, victory goes to the side that applies the technology of the day and succeeds in adjusting to rapidly changing conditions, said author Max Boot in a Sept. 25 talk on campus. (Oct. 1, 2007)
Cornell University engineering graduate Irwin Jacobs '54, founder and chief executive of telecommunications giant Qualcomm, will deliver the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Distinguished Lecture Thursday, Oct. 10. The lecture is the first in a series to commemorate the centennial of the establishment of the local chapter of IEEE. His talk will focus on "The Third Generation of Wireless Communications." The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be at 5 p.m. in 101 Phillips Hall on the Cornell campus. (October 3, 2002)
Cornell University Librarian Anne Kenney discusses the challenges facing the library and how she will rely on faculty to move forward in economically trying times. (Feb. 25, 2010)
For the first time in history, humanity will send a sundial to another planet. Inscribed with the motto "Two Worlds, One Sun," the sundial will travel to Mars aboard NASA's Mars Surveyor 2001 lander.
ST. LOUIS -- If mastering flight is your goal, you can't do better than to emulate a dragonfly.
With four wings instead of the standard two and an unusual pitching stroke that allows the bug to hover and even shift into reverse,…