The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art has received a substantial increase in revenues from the sale of privately held stock that had been held by Cornell as a gift from the estate of George and Mary Rockwell.
Last month, international software design company Autodesk gave Cornell one of the largest gifts-in-kind it has ever received: 3-D design, engineering and entertainment software. The software is commercially valued at $51.4 million.
Professor Morten Christiansen challenges the long-held theory that human language stems from a genetic blueprint. Instead, he says, the neural machinery used for language likely predates the emergence of language itself. (Jan. 22, 2009)
Science, art, new technology and rigorous fieldwork have culminated in an exhibition in the Mann Library gallery of 'bug's-eye-view' photographs of tiny fungi, on view through Feb. 27. (Feb. 6, 2008)
In her first State of the University address Oct. 23, President Elizabeth Garrett laid out an agenda "in keeping with Cornell's tradition of pushing boundaries and expanding horizons through innovation."
Cornell physicists have shrunk the technology of an optical trap, which uses light to suspend and manipulate molecules like DNA and proteins, onto a single chip.
Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility is partnering with a statewide educational and research powerhouse to solve the problem of design-for-manufacturing.
An NSF grant will fund Christine Leuenberger's study of how maps in the Israel/Palestine conflict are produced and used for political purposes. (May 1, 2012)
Reporter Beth (Jackendoff) Harpaz, a 1981 graduate of Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences and author of the new book, The Girls in the Van: Covering Hillary (St. Martin's Press), will visit the Cornell campus Feb. 4.