Events on campus include TV stars Laverne Cox and Henry Winkler; electronic music with visual accompaniment at Cornell Cinema; and the Dyson Women in Leadership Summit.
More than 170 scientists from around the world will converge on Cornell's campus for the third international Energy Recovery Linac Workshop, June 8-12. (June 5, 2009)
Revisiting a hallowed ritual for doctors, a committee within the Weill Cornell Medical College convened this spring to craft an updated Hippocratic Oath, one that responds to the state of modern medicine. Written in ancient Greece, the oath expresses principles still fundamental to the practice of medicine today. (June 22, 2005)
"Hats Off to Hunter, a Campus Salute to President Hunter Rawlings" will kick off a day of events on Monday, April 28, to celebrate Rawlings' eight years as president of Cornell University. "Hats Off to Hunter," an ice cream social with entertainment, will be held under a tent on the Arts Quad from 1:10 to 2:30 p.m. A chimes concert will start the program, open to all members of the Cornell community. Entertainment will include performances by student vocal groups, a poetry reading, jugglers and musicians. A large Grecian urn will be provided so that participants can write down their recollections and good wishes for Rawlings and place them in the urn. (April 21, 2003)
Institutions that benefit from the arXiv online repository of scientific papers will share in its governance and financial support under a new business model created by Cornell University Library. (Aug. 29, 2012)
Researchers have patterned single atom-thick films of graphene and an insulator, boron nitride, without the use of a silicon substrate. (Aug. 29, 2012)
President David Skorton's final end-of-year message reflects on the challenges and accomplishments of the past year and what they mean for Cornell's future.
Jed P. Sparks, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology in Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development program grant from the National Science Foundation. He will receive five-year funding of $500,000 to support research into foliar uptake of atmospheric nitrogen from the molecular to ecosystems levels. Early Career awards are NSF's most prestigious honor for new faculty members, recognizing and supporting teacher-scholars who are considered most likely to become academic leaders of the 21st century. (April 15, 2003)