In the talk 'The Future of Small' July 6, Professor Paul McEuen discussed the importance of the very small and how the tiny just may help solve some very big problems. (July 12, 2011)
Trevor Pinch, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Science and Technology Studies, spent the fall 2016 semester on sabbatical at Cornell Tech in New York City, where he began collaborating with Serge Belongie, professor of computer science at Cornell Tech.
To sort out the biological intricacies of Earth-like planets, Cornell astronomers have developed computer models that examine how ultraviolet radiation from their own nearby suns affects these worlds.
Engineering graduate students gave overviews of the intriguing new technologies they’ve developed – and how they are primed to translate into positive impacts for businesses – at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works.
Kyle Shen, assistant professor of physics, has been awarded $566,000 over three years from the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program. (March 29, 2012)
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded $25,000 to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art for its popular Objects and Their Makers: New Insights educational kits for area schools. The program introduces schoolchildren and their teachers to the arts of other cultures.
The Ford Foundation has awarded $300,000 to Cornell University's Africana Studies and Research Center to help strengthen and sustain the presence of contemporary African and African Diaspora artists on a global scale.
Cathy Caruth, the M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor, discussed archiving and erasing history and memory in the works of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Derrida,during a lecture May 6. (May 12, 2010)
Cornell's sesquicentennial is three years away, but let the festivities begin: This July marks the 150th anniversary of what some have called the greatest piece of legislation to come out of Congress. (June 28, 2012)