For just under two minutes a camera directed toward the south polar region of Mars will capture and store a series of about 20 images unique in the annals of planetary exploration: the surface of a planet (other than the moon) as seen from altitudes ranging from about 4 miles to only about 30 feet.
Professor Sandra Vehrencamp records bird songs and plays them back to birds to better understand exactly how birds use songs to communicate and convey information. (Dec. 18, 2008)
Starting in the spring, Cornell will move student e-mail service to outside vendors and convert faculty and staff e-mail to the Microsoft Exchange system. (Dec. 10, 2008)
A study by Cornell professor Jun-Lin Guan, published in the August 2005 issue of the journal Developmental Cell, reveals how connective tissue holding a cancer cell in place might degrade, unmooring the diseased cell and allowing it to spread to other parts of the body.
Peggy Mamet '59 is active in the Hermione-Lafayette Association, which is fundraising to build a life-size replica of the Marquis de Lafayette's 18th-century fighting frigate. (Sept. 20, 2007)
Has America's obsession with sex taken the place of the cold war? Are the current debate and media coverage of sexual politics in the workplace and on Capitol Hill a diversion or a progression for working women and men?
Jewish leadership camps are big business today, with parents lining up to enroll their high school-age children in them, but the effectiveness of such programs has never been measured quantitatively -- until now. As part of a senior thesis research project, Noah Doyle, an undergraduate in Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) from Commack, N.Y., is measuring whether such programs actually create leaders. "To what degree do the participants transfer the skills learned over the summer to their everyday lives? And how do such programs specifically develop Jewish leadership?" he asks. (October 21, 2002)
"We're all about connecting theory to practice," said Michael Johnson, dean-elect of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.
Giving a talk on marketing effectively in a service economy April 8 in Statler Hall's…