Three Cornell scientists have received a five-year, $9.9 million grant to study the environmental impact of dairy production systems in the Great Lakes region.
James W. York, a professor of physics at Cornell University who theorizes about universal time, space and gravity, has been awarded the prestigious Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics. The prize is regarded as one of the world's major scientific awards, and at least six Nobel prize winners are among previous recipients. York, a theorist in the rarified field of mathematical physics, shares the prize with Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat of the Faculté des Sciences de Paris, who in 1979 became the first woman elected to the 300-year-old French Academy of Sciences. The value of the prize is $7,500. (October 8, 2002)
Two members of the Cornell faculty have been awarded prestigious Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships. They are Fernando Escobedo and Rasmus Nielsen, assistant professors of chemical engineering and biometrics, respectively.
The Cornell English Department's Creative Writing Program will bring a roster of established and emerging fiction writers and poets to campus as part of its fall 2007 Reading Series. (June 1, 2007)
In an ongoing study, Nim Tottenham, assistant professor of psychology in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, is examining how normal and autistic brains behave when viewing faces. (April 30, 2008)
The 'tree' simulates the process of transpiration, the cohesive capillary action that allows real trees to wick moisture upward to their highest branches. (Sept. 10, 2008)
Anne Kenney's challenges include filling a number of senior library management positions, raising $40 million, investing in collections, expanding digital services and more. (April 2, 2008)
Nirav Shah, M.D., New York State Health Commissioner, cited the success of health care reforms and proposed additional steps to be taken on campus Feb. 26.
Recently formed diversity offices aim to help students become skilled in interacting across differences, their leaders said at a panel discussion, 'Varied Voices: Diversity and Access,' Oct. 21. (Oct. 21, 2011)