A busload of New York City high school students hit pause on city life to visit Cornell’s Ithaca campus, as part of a summer program that’s equipping the next generation of technical entrepreneurs.
As faculty hiring seasons swings into full force, Provost Michael Kotlikoff has committed funding to help bring superior diverse talent to the faculty, allowing departments to recruit more aggressively.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Cornell President David Skorton and Technion President Peretz Lavie today announced a historic partnership to build an applied science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
Children in elementary schools may be placed at risk by computer workstations that have been designed with little or no regard for musculoskeletal development, according to a Cornell University study.
Paul Ginsparg, professor of physics and computing and information science at Cornell, has been named a 2002 fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
By unplugging equipment, turning off lights and shutting down computers before leaving for winter break in December, the campus community saved 3,200 kilowatts over the 10-day break.
Merrill Scholars' high school teachers and Cornell faculty members were recognized by President David Skorton and the college deans at a luncheon and ceremony at Willard Straight Hall May 20.
Thirty-seven students from Latin America have been working with research faculty on campus as part of CienciAmerica, an eight-week summer program at Cornell.
Physicists have demonstrated the application of kirigami on 10-micron sheets of graphene, which they can cut, fold and twist. The research could pave the way for some of the smallest machines the world has ever known.
Cornell researchers and colleagues have created cell phones that allow deaf people to communicate in sign language, the same way hearing people use phones to talk. (Dec. 2, 2009)