Two researchers in Cornell's Center for the Study of Economy and Society will study the current economic crisis as part of a new postdoctoral program funded by the National Science Foundation. (Dec. 15, 2009)
With Cornell's four new MOOCs for spring 2015, students from all over the world can survey global hospitality management, tour technology inside your smart phone, fix ecologically broken places and explore eating from an ethical perspective.
Abbey Liebman '10 designed a solar-powered jacket that captures the sun's rays to charge cell phones, iPods and other handheld devices. It debuted at the Cornell Design League Fashion Show March 13.
Computer scientist Johannes Gehrke has an Alexander von Humboldt award to support a collaborative research project at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Saarbruecken, Germany. (Jan. 12, 2011)
“Science Sifting: Tools for Innovation in Science and Technology” is a new book co-written by Professor Rodney Dietert to help scientists master the tools needed for a research career.
Eight individuals and the officers of a women’s leadership organization received Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Awards for their contributions to improving the climate for women at Cornell.
Emmanuel Giannelis, Cornell’s vice provost for research and vice president for technology transfer, intellectual property and research policy, discusses how the university is integrating research across its campuses and building an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Boris Batterman, Cornell's Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics Emeritus, died Dec. 14 at his home in San Francisco. He was 80 years old. (Jan. 10, 2011)
James (Jim) D. Hazzard, director emeritus of alumni affairs at Cornell, died Aug. 11 at his home in Ithaca; he was 84. A memorial service is slated for Oct. 2, 1 p.m., in Sage Chapel. (Sept. 2, 2011)
Robert Fitzpatrick, dean of the School of the Arts at Columbia University, who will be the keynote speaker at the Cornell symposium "Creating Minds: Artistic Intelligence Across the Disciplines" to be held Feb. 28 and March 1.