A memorial service for Ulric Neisser, professor emeritus of psychology and a founder of cognitive psychology, will be held April 14 at 1:30 p.m. in Sage Chapel.
A group led by chemistry professor John Marohn has developed a technique for measuring photocapacitance in an organic polymer solar cell, which could lead to producing better solar-cell compounds.
Provost Kent Fuchs has appointed Professor Jon Kleinberg ’93 interim dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science through December 2015, while Dean Haym Hirsh takes a personal leave.
Bruce Wallace, professor emeritus of genetics, died Jan. 12 in Blacksburg, Virginia, at the age of 94 from a stroke-related illness. Wallace taught at Cornell from 1958 to 1981.
Cornell researchers use a SIRT6 mutant to identify which of the sirtuin's enzymatic activities contributes to its defatty-acylation, contributing to understanding of the protein's various functions.
One of the world’s leading economists, Kaushik Basu, has written a new book that offers an innovative methodology for doing law and economics. Rooted in game theory, it could help make more effective laws and a fairer society.
Provost’s Visiting Professor John Cleese covered a broad range of topics, from love to stupidity to money, in a public talk in Bailey Hall Sept. 11. His overarching theme: Always look on the bright side of life.
Assistant professor of architecture Jenny Sabin has received a 2014 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers, for a portfolio of her work.
First-year architecture students have designed a moving dragon that will meet a flying phoenix during the 109th annual Dragon Day Parade, starting Friday, March 19 at 1 p.m.