To introduce the Cornell community to its vision for supporting research at the nanoscale and to celebrate its new home in the Physical Sciences Building, the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science (KIC) will host a workshop May 17 featuring talks by leading Cornell scientists. The events are open to the public.

To be held in the Kavli Institute's new location, the event will include remarks by Fred Kavli, chairman and founder of the Kavli Foundation; an introduction by Cornell President David Skorton; and a description of how research is conducted at KIC by Paul McEuen, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics and Kavli Institute director.

Among the other speakers:

A poster session and reception for Fred Kavli and the Kavli Foundation will take place at 4:30 p.m. in 401 Physical Sciences Building.

The event, McEuen said, is an opportunity to demonstrate KIC's re-envisioning of its mission, announced last year: to support the creation of new techniques for imaging and dynamic control of nanoscale systems, and by doing so, to push the boundaries of nanoscale sciences. Cornell's Kavli Institute, among other activities, funds named KIC postdoctoral fellows and "high-risk, high-payoff" projects to develop new tools for nanoscale science.

The Kavli Institute at Cornell was founded in 2004 and has previously operated as a think tank for nanoscale science, bringing together scientists to promote idea sharing and hosting lectures, symposia and summer events. Cornell's is one of four Kavli Institutes for nanoscale science; others focus on such areas as cosmology, neuroscience and theoretical physics. For more information: http://www.kicnano.cornell.edu/.