Using a method developed in his lab, Poul Petersen and an international group of collaborators claim the first observation of water wires in a membrane. This could eventually lead to better desalination methods.
Editor's picks for the week of Feb. 6 include classic cinema, the Ithaca premiere of 'The History Boys' and a conference on academic freedom. (Feb. 6, 2009)
Events on campus this week include a book talk with historian Mary Beth Norton, the Alloy Orchestra and silent films at Cornell Cinema, and plays at Risley Theatre and the Schwartz Center. (Nov. 3, 2011)
More than 200 books published by the Negro Universities Press, reprinting rare historical materials on the black experience, have been donated to the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library.
Dae-Gyeong Kim '12 has won the Best Proposal Prize at the Second Model Asian Union, held Nov. 8, in Incheon, Korea for his presentation on political integration in Asia. (Nov. 23, 2010)
At Cornell's 141st Commencement, President David J. Skorton urged graduates to apply their liberal arts education in the service of a world that 'stands in desperate need of your skills and talents.' (May 24, 2009)