A new project received a $100,000 planning grant from the NSF to create a proposal for an Engineering Research Center for sustainable energy-smart solutions.
Roderick K. Clayton, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus in the Department of Plant Biology, died Oct. 23. An expert on photosynthesis, he was 89. (Nov. 15, 2011)
Cornell graduate students will suggest eco-friendly uses for 1.5 million cubic yards of dredged material taken from Baltimore Harbor and Maryland’s Patapsco River.
In one of the largest Halloween Happenings contests in recent years, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences staff, dressed as “Weather Super Heroes and Villains,” won “judges’ choice” overall, with second place in “judges’ choice” going to “Rosie the Riveter”– a group including staff from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
The ILR School's Labor and Employment Law Program will begin work on a $4.9 million contract to establish the Records Assistance Program to help job applicants with criminal records get jobs.
Kotlikoff will begin his second five-year term July 1, 2012. Among his priorities will be the college's capital plan, renewing the faculty and expanding groundbreaking translational programs.
Cornell researchers have tested their method to restore agricultural land in China by adding components into the soil and collecting water to make the most of meager rainfall supplies.