A sea change is under way in the laboratories and corridors of Cornell: The work of biologists and geneticists increasingly is becoming the work of physicists, chemists and engineers.
This fundamental change in the way people do science promises to bring to this new century discoveries as important to our understanding of natural systems as the breakthroughs in chemistry were in the 19th century and those of physics in the 20th.
Over seven weeks, the Cornell Chronicle is examining this research revolution in all its dimensions: The capabilities of Duffield Hall, a planned research building that in the next century could make Cornell's Engineering Quad a historic site; transgenic organism technologies; the new science of modifying molecules; the evolving synergy among the life sciences, physical sciences and science education; the rapidly evolving science of computational biology; the ethical issues of genetic modification; and, finally, the breadth and depth of Cornell's commitment to this new direction for research.
September 14, 2000
- Seven-part series details CU's leadership in the new century's sciences
- University positions itself to shape the frontiers of science and engineering
- Researchers are anticipating CU's 'national resource'
- Harold Craighead Q&A: 'The idea is catching fire all over the world'
September 21, 2000
- Cornell scientists use genetic tools in a race to feed the world's hungry
- From papaya to rice, foundation gets research to world's poorest
- New faculty in the spotlight: Walter De Jong
September 28, 2000
- Cornell's pursuit of cutting-edge research helps cultivate a 'marriage of disciplines'
- Christopher Ober: 'Potential for synergy is enormous'
- New faculty in the spotlight: Alexander Nikitin and Lois Pollack
October 5, 2000
- From vast genomic database, the new field of computational biology emerges
- CU labs are training the first generation of 'new scientists'
- New faculty in the spotlight: Rasmus Nielsen and Golan Yona
October 12, 2000
- How Cornell scientists uncover and remake molecules of life
- New faculty in the spotlight: Brian Crane and Jianhua Fu
- Graphic: Molecular Medicine, the path from cancer cells to a plan to stop cancer
October 19, 2000
- Two projects exemplify Cornell's commitment to address ethical issues in scientific research
- Monarchs, corn and Cornell: Coping in the eye of an issue
- Stephen Hilgartner: 'Cornell has an important role to play'
- New faculty in the spotlight: Michael Kotlikoff and David G. Russell
October 26, 2000
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