Twelve Cornell women assistant professors have been awarded research grants by the Affinito-Stewart Grants Program to advance research necessary to obtain tenure.
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Jan. 26, 2012)
Artificial intelligence must be managed in ways that keep robots from doing harm accidentally, according to Daniel Weld, professor of computer science at the University of Washington.
Researchers are developing a system to enable teams of robots to share information as they move around and if necessary get help in interpreting what they see, enabling them to conduct surveillance as a single entity with many eyes.
They may once have had to say, 'Arrivederci, Roma,' but fond memories of study in the Eternal City brought Cornellians back to celebrate 20 years of the Cornell in Rome Program, March 24-26. (March 28, 2007)
One of the most important exhibits in the history of Cornell University's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art will be on display from Oct. 12 through Jan. 12, 2003. "The David M. Solinger Collection: Masterworks of Twentieth-Century Art" includes the promised gift of nine masterpieces of modern art to the museum's permanent collection from Betty Ann Besch Solinger, Lynn Stern and the family of the late David M. Solinger, Cornell Class of 1926. The exhibition includes 98 works of art, including a monumental nude by Pablo Picasso, nine watercolors by Paul Klee, major sculptures by Alberto Giacometti and Alexander Calder and "much, much more," said Frank Robinson, the Richard J. Schwartz Director of the museum. (October 2, 2002)
Rebecca Stoltzfus has been appointed vice provost for undergraduate education as of July 1, and Julia Thom-Levy has been named provost's fellow for pedagogical innovation as of Aug. 1, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced.
Cornell faculty members will join thousands of their counterparts April 22 as they sound a call for supporting scientific research and evidence-based policies during an historic March for Science in Washington, D.C. The following Cornell experts are attending the march and are available for comment:
Six graduate students received the top prize for their entry in a national competition for sustainable urban design ideas for Philadelphia. (Dec. 10, 2009)
Students from 11 startup companies with products including organic skin care products and concussion detection devices pitched their ideas March 20, vying for the 2017 Student Business of the Year.
