HeiserFest, a symposium honoring Shoals Marine Lab's second director, J.B. Heiser, featured lectures by 16 colleagues whose careers he helped to shape. Presenters came from as far away as Australia. (Sept. 14, 2012)
Frank DiSalvo, the J.A. Newman Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has been reappointed to a three-year term as director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future effective July 1. (Sept. 12, 2012)
At its March 9 meeting, the Faculty Senate passed a resolution discouraging professors from assigning extra academic work over breaks. (March 17, 2011)
A new grant will help upgrade 26 decades-old growth chambers with 21st-century lighting and control technology. The makeovers are expected to save $156,000 annually in electricity costs.
Scott Williamson, assistant professor of biological statistics and computational biology at Cornell, died March 14 from glioblastoma. Williamson, 32, was a rising star in the field of population genetics. (March 25, 2008)
At an Inside Cornell media event Sept. 20 in New York City, Professor David Wolfe reviewed how quickly the globe is warming and how New York can better prepare. (Sept. 23, 2011)
In the late 19th century, Cornell students enjoyed visually striking class lectures and extracurricular talks thanks to lantern slides – 4-by-3.25-inch projected glass slides that illustrated all subjects.
In a new textbook, 'Food Policy for Developing Countries,' Cornell economist Per Pinstrup-Andersen analyzes how national and international food policies can reduce poverty and improve economic growth. (Sept. 21, 2011)
A new Cornell study reports that entrepreneurship program rankings are seriously flawed because they ignore the widespread trend toward universitywide entrepreneurship programs. (Sept. 21, 2011)
The most detailed analysis to date of how humans differ from one another at the DNA level shows strong evidence that natural selection has shaped the recent evolution of our species, according to researchers from Cornell University, Celera Genomics and Celera Diagnostics.