Events on campus this week include Scottish singer Jean Redpath, CU Winds in concert, 'The Tempest' at Cornell Cinema and a public service lecture by Jane Coyne '88.
Cornell professor of computer science Jon Kleinberg '93 is one of 65 new members of the National Academy of Engineering this year. Also elected were four other Cornell alumni. (Feb. 11, 2008)
Supported by federal stimulus funds, an interdisciplinary research group is creating computer simulation software that would allow architects to employ sustainable design principles from day one. (Sept. 29, 2010)
Cornell's Math Club hosts Puzzle Nights monthly (where all, including high school students are invited), which includes cookies and camaraderie. Attendees don't have to be good at computation.
Cornell University Library's copy of the Emancipation Proclamation will be displayed Feb. 11-18 in Kroch Library as part of the exhibition 'Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation at 150.'
Beth and Stephan Loewentheil, J.D. ’75, have donated a rare Civil War-era photograph album compiled for the Comte de Paris. It becomes Cornell University Library's 8 millionth volume.
The new John Wilkinson Family Wine Library in the basement of Stocking Hall holds more than 3,400 bottles of wine inventoried and made searchable by faculty in the Viticulture and Enology Program.
Teens living in disadvantaged neighborhoods face a higher risk of obesity and reduced cognitive ability, compared to kids in neighborhoods with advantages like playgrounds and libraries, says sociologist Steven Alvarado.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named Cornell's Steven Strogatz the recipient of the 2013 AAAS Public Engagement with Science Award for his “exceptional commitment to and passion for conveying the beauty and importance of mathematics to the general public.”