A National Academy of Sciences committee has endorsed the idea of building an electron-ion collider in the U.S. The project would be helped by research done at CBETA, Cornell's energy recovery linear accelerator.
Messenger lecturer Tariq Ramadan addressed 'Muslims in the West,' April 11; it was one of three lectures he gave on issues related to Islamic studies. (April 13, 2012)
Class of '37 alumna Beatrice Moore Stump bequeaths $6.5 million to the College of Arts and Sciences for undergraduate scholarship aid and unrestricted endowment. (Oct. 19, 2007)
In her first Convocation address, President Martha E. Pollack said that Cornell University fosters intellectual and emotional growth and presents an opportunity to develop fresh interests, passions and ways of looking at the world.
About 100 faculty members and graduate students from fields ranging from the physical and natural sciences to economics and the humanities gathered March 28 at the Interdisciplinary Climate Change Forum.
'Documenting the Livable Street Movement' included videos from Streetfilms.org and a Q-and-A with Streetfilms director Clarence Eckerson and Streetsblog editor Ben Fried, April 9. (April 12, 2012)
Construction has begun on a state-of-the art Biofuels Research Lab that will convert perennial grasses and woody biomass into ethanol thanks to a $10 million grant awarded to Professor Larry Walker. (March 6, 2008)