Does Mars have shifting sands? Over the past few months the camera on board the Mars Global Surveyor has provided tantalizing evidence of surface changes on the planet as sand dunes that cover large areas show signs of being moved by the Martian wind.
The materials and technology of the 21st century will be under examination when a major industrial research conference, the 11th annual Polymer Outreach Program symposium, is held at Cornell University May 22 and 23.
Cornell professor Ronald Ehrenberg has a vision: to use his experience as a top-level university administrator to help colleges and universities across the United States run better. "Ron is one of the smartest people I know and probably the single best professional student in this country on the economics of higher education," said Cornell Provost Don M. Randel.
Three Cornell University students have received the 2006-07 Morris K. Udall Scholarship. The students garnered awards up to $5,000 each from a field of 445 nominations from 224 institutions.
For about a decade now, librarians have been working to preserve deteriorating books, magazines and other documents by scanning and saving digital images of their pages as computer data. Meanwhile, the world continues to create new documents in digital form.
Novelist, blogger and electronica musician, J. Robert Lennon is an assistant professor in the Creative Writing Program who 'understands the student mentality.' (Feb. 20, 2007)
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings today announced the appointment of three interim deans, filling key positions in the Cornell Medical College, the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management and the College of Art, Architecture and Planning.
Alcohol is shown on prime-time TV programs far more than any other drink or food, and actors, including those portraying adolescents, are shown consuming alcohol on more than 40 percent of network shows, according to a new Cornell study.
Tracy Mitrano, Cornell's director of information technology policy, says that higher education institutions should not be responsible for filtering their data networks to prevent copyright violations. (Oct. 22, 2007)