The rebuilt Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory Greenhouse reopened Feb. 9 with modern equipment designed for increased energy savings and improved plant growth. It houses more than 500 species.
Professor Norman Uphoff received the International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering Review Award for 2011 for his 'significant editorial contributions' to an international journal. (Nov. 7, 2011)
Representatives from the American Physical Society were on campus March 1 to unveil a plaque in Rockefeller Hall, where the Physical Review journal was first published by Cornell physicists in 1893.
Assistant professor of Sanskrit studies Lawrence McCrea will discuss his work and sign copies of a new study and translation of Jnanasrimitra's monograph on exclusion, Nov. 3 at the Cornell Store. (Oct. 25, 2010)
The library has acquired more than 100 items from the latter half of the 19th and the 20th centuries; items include sashes and fabrics printed with presidential portraits and scarves that were souvenirs from World Fairs.
Provost Michael Kotlikoff and Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi discussed a plan to address student housing on the Ithaca campus while advancing investments in academic initiatives.
Protestants who are reminded of their religion do more good deeds but the opposite is true for Catholics. This is one of the findings of a new economics study that employs psychology research techniques. (May 17, 2010)
The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future will host a panel discussion on sustainability Thursday, Oct. 28. A major announcement related to Cornell's future role in sustainability effort will follow. (Oct. 20, 2010)
A Cornell team led by Lynden Archer, head of the Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering, has engineered a lithium metal battery based on crosslinked hairy nanoparticles.