After eight years of planning, submitting, winning, building and waiting, Cornell University’s CUSat – a nanosatellite designed by engineering students to help calibrate GPS systems with pinpoint accuracy – will be launched from California.
Events this week include the 2018 CCA Biennial; a celebration of Finger Lakes cider on campus; exiled writer Kanchana Ugbabe; '70s political satires and Czech puppet films at Cornell Cinema; and book talks on social media and Indian migration.
Cornell gives its graduate students an edge in competing for NSF research fellowships, with resources including workshops and writing seminars. There are currently 249 fellowship recipients on campus.
On Sept. 21-22, more than 12,000 alumni, parents, faculty, staff and students members enjoyed Homecoming traditions, including the Big Red Fan Festival.
When members from the Cornell Glee Club's 1966 tour of Southeast Asia joined current members on stage Sept. 19 at Bailey Hall, musical passion poured out - making it a Homecoming concert for the ages.
Karen Brazell, the Goldwin Smith Graduate Professor Emerita of Japanese Literature and Theatre, died Jan. 18. Brazell was also a translator of Japanese literature and innovator in digital humanities. (Jan. 23, 2012)
Albert Silverman, professor emeritus of physics and nuclear studies at Cornell, who led pioneering experiments in particle physics during his 38 years at the university, died Jan. 17 at age 92. (Jan. 23, 2012)
A half century ago, Cornell developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner gave Congressional testimony that eventually led to the creation of the Head Start program.
George Paul Hess, professor emeritus of biochemistry and a pioneer in the study of a class of proteins called ion channels that allow specific small molecules to enter cells, died Sept. 9.