No one really knows what will happen when a probe from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft collides with the comet Tempel 1 in the early morning hours of July 4. But if anyone can picture the spacecraft's journey from its Cape Canaveral launch in January to its possibly brilliant demise, it is Cornell alumnus Dan Maas '01.
The giant instruments at astronomical observatories designed and built by a regional king in 18th-century India have captivated generations of visitors. They have also inspired Barry Perlus, Cornell associate professor of art and…
Simon A. Levin, a Cornell University professor of ecology and systematics from 1965 to 1992 and now an adjunct professor at Cornell, is the winner of the 2005 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, a prestigious award of international recognition. Levin is also now the George M. Moffett Professor of Biology and director of the Center for Biocomplexity at Princeton University. The prize, sponsored by the Inamori Foundation, is awarded annually to "individuals and groups worldwide who have contributed significantly to mankind's betterment."
Cornell Information Technologies (CIT) has announced its newest service for the campus community: Time Away Responder. If you've been waiting for this service, it's here. Time Away Responder (TAR) tells people who e-mail you that you are away (perhaps on business, vacation, or medical leave) and that you'll respond to them once you return.
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings has announced the formation of a new Provost's Advisory Committee on Distance Learning to help in the development of plans for distance-learning activities.
"The current state of math in the media is abysmal," said math journalist Sara Robinson at an applied mathematics colloquium April 14 at Cornell University. What the math community needs, she said, is an independent mathematical…
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.
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)
Georgia Harper, manager of the Intellectual Property Section of the Office of General Counsel for the University of Texas System, will speak on "Copyright Law and Cyberspace" at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in 133 Warren Hall on the Cornell University campus.
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.