President Barack Obama has announced that he will appoint G. Peter Lepage, physicist and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to the National Science Board, which governs the National Science Foundation. (Nov. 20, 2012)
The Cornell Baja SAE Racing Team, which designs, builds and races off-road vehicles, took first place at an international competition April 22. (April 26, 2012)
Both Cornell teams showed major improvement over last year, with the canoe team's second place overall finish propelling them to the national competition in June.
Three Cornell assistant professors have received fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, whose goal is to support "the next generation of scientific leaders."
At the annual 4-H Career Explorations conference, tasting mealworms wasn't the only thing on the menu, as 360 teens and 80 adult chaperones sampled a variety of scientific pursuits.
Approximately 500 staff and faculty members learned about the benefits that Cornell offers to them at the 2009 Benefair, held Nov. 11 in G10 Biotech. The open enrollment period ends Nov. 30. (Nov. 17, 2009)
Faculty members in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology are recent recipients of prestigious national awards for achievements in their respective disciplines.
Sustainability, performance management and evolving job skills to stay current with workplace and technological developments are key to recent revisions made to the Skills for Success.
Cornell is leading the Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials thanks to a $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Three abstract 1940s murals featured at the Johnson Museum are being conserved after their removal from a Roosevelt Island hospital, and will be reinstalled at Cornell Tech.