The funds from the National Science Foundation's Academic Research Infrastructure grant program will create four state-of-the-art science labs at the Paleontological Research Institution by summer 2011. (Oct. 20, 2010)
Events this week include a public reception at the Johnson Museum, 'The Servant of Two Masters' onstage, a Literary Luncheon, new documentaries, 1950s school films and a debate on the financial crisis. (Sept. 10, 2009)
Theorists and experimentalists working together at Cornell may have found the answer to a major challenge in condensed matter physics: identifying the smoking gun of why “unconventional” superconductivity occurs.
The Institute for the Social Sciences (ISS) has announced the recipients of its biannual small-grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support for fall 2010.
Events on campus this week include: Veteran's Day and Kristallnacht commemorations; comedy and dance benefits; Benefair; President's address to staff; Henry Paulson lecture. (Nov. 4, 2010)
The Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) program, which offers career resources about non-academic jobs, is now available to all Cornell Ph.D. students and postdocs.
Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett heralded a future of greater collaboration between Ithaca and New York City at a Sept. 21 reception in honor of her inauguration as the university’s 13th president.
Thirty-three Cornell staff members were recognized by President Skorton for attaining degrees in higher education, May 24 at Friends Hall at the 15th annual staff graduate reception. (May 26, 2011)
President David J. Skorton has been named the next secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum and research complex. He will continue all the duties and activities of his office at Cornell through June 30, 2015.
Geophysicists examining glacier changes in the Russian Arctic have found that the rate of ice mass loss has nearly doubled over the last decade when compared to records from the previous 60 years.