Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Dairy Barn has installed a system that separates manure from sand bedding that is healthier for cows and creates muck perfect for making electricity.
Henry “Hank” Bartels ’48, a presidential councillor and generous supporter of the university, died Jan. 16 at age 92. He supported many Cornell programs, including the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, and the Cornell University Library.
Not only did a Cornell CIS research paper receive the best paper award at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2017), it also got a shoutout on Facebook from the site’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, July 25.
Assistant professor of art Michael Ashkin has received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation supporting his upcoming solo sculpture exhibition in Vienna, Austria. (April 30, 2009)
New AAP NYC executive director Robert Balder '89 intends to expand the College of Architecture, Art and Planning's programs in New York City and foster professional development for students. (June 30, 2011)
Robert Morgan discusses 'Lions of the West' April 12 in Olin Library; the book tells the story of the settling of the American West through its colorful characters and historical anecdotes. (April 10, 2012)
Niklaus Largier, of the University of California-Berkeley, spoke on aesthetic experience and possibility in a College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture Sept. 13. (Sept. 19, 2011)
China’s citizens support greater reliance on the military and increased defense spending, according to a new study by Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government. But this is not necessarily cause for concern, she says.