Jorge de la Guardia, M.Eng. ’74, executive manager for the Panama Canal expansion, gave a Nov. 7 talk, “The Political and Economic Challenges for the Construction of the New Panama Canal,” on campus.
Cornell professors Jon Kleinberg and Paul McEuen, and Weill Cornell professor Carl Nathan, M.D., are among 72 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, announced May 3. (May 5, 2011)
Rembrandt van Rijn’s art and artistic practice have fascinated scholars and collectors for centuries. His printmaking methods, and prints from across hiscareer, are revealed as an inspirational resource for research and teaching in a new exhibition of his etchings at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
Campus is ready for some 3,830 first-year and transfer students will come to campus for Orientation 2014, Aug. 22-25, when dozens of events are scheduled to introduce them to university life.
Physicists have predicted some unusual properties of nanoparticle crystal growth. Some particles, due to their sizes and the attractive forces between them, grow crystals that melt when they’re cooled.
Adipose-derived stem cells often used in reconstructive surgeries including mastectomies can create a microenvironment suitable for more tumors to grow, researchers report.