About 50 students involved with the Cornell University Sustainable Design group are working to research, design and build an affordable sustainable model home in Nicaragua.
Carbon nanotubes could make ideal optical scattering wires -- tiny, mostly invisible antennae with the ability to control, absorb and emit certain colors of light at the nanoscale. (Dec. 20, 2010)
Maria Cristina Garcia and alumnae Renee Alexander '74, Mary Berens '74 and Kristen Rupert '74 were elected honorary members of Sphinx Head recently for service to Cornell. (May 4, 2010)
The annual BOOM (Bits On Our Minds) exhibition filled the Duffield Hall Atrium with booths, posters and gadgets and drew hundreds of visitors. (March 12, 2007)
Six Cornell researchers will receive grants totaling more than
$3 million as part of the National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program.
Three symposia featuring distinguished speakers in the arts and sciences will take place concurrently Thursday, Oct. 16, at 10 a.m. on the Cornell University campus in honor of the inauguration of President Jeffrey S. Lehman. The public is invited to attend. o Richard Meier, one of the world's most influential architects, will speak on "The New Architecture of Optimism," in the Statler Hotel Auditorium. (October 07, 2003)
Thousands and thousands of documents: the Library of Congress has received 1,705 boxes of the Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive for all of posterity to sift.
The next U.S. president will face the daunting task of re-establishing the nation's legitimacy on the global stage, said scholars in a reunion weekend roundtable. (June 7, 2008)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- College students from several East Coast states will visit Cornell University the weekend of April 26-28 for a conference celebrating Mexican-American art and culture. "A Celebration of Chicana/o Cultural Productions: Utilizing Art as a Tool for Empowerment" is open to the public and will feature a lecture by filmmaker and actor Edward James Olmos on Saturday, April 27, at 8:30 p.m. in Statler Hall Auditorium. Free tickets will be available for Olmos' lecture, with one ticket per Cornell I.D., at the Information and Referral Center in Day Hall on April 25 and April 26 on a first-come, first-served basis.