News Archive for November 2011
Professor Julie Nucci, Director of CIPT, talks about the successes of outreach
For the past decade, high school physics teachers from New York state and beyond have been the eager consumers of a Cornell-based outreach program designed to make physics engaging and accessible. read more
Introducing new members of the Cornell faculty
Get aquainted with the 2011-12 new faculty members, including hobbies, interests and academic focus. read more
Structured English brings robots closer to everyday users
Making robots understand and execute English commands is the goal of a project led by Hadas Kress-Gazit, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. read more
Obama cites engineering diversity mentoring efforts
Cornell's Diversity Programs in Engineering was among the four individuals and four other organizations to receive the 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering... read more
Gifted 14-year-old conducts research at Cornell
Lauren Hodge of York, Pa., spent a week in Cornell's Soil and Water Lab, subjecting pulverized pumpkin to a barrage of tests to determine how the gourd reacts to water contaminated with hard metals. read more
Campus researchers get a private cloud
The Center for Advanced Computing has launched an on-demand research computing service available by subscription. read more
Natalie Mahowald studies effects of aerosols
Remediating long-term effects of fossil fuel combustion and other human-driven processes will be even costlier than previously thought, the Cornell earth scientist is claiming in a new study. read more
Cornell scientists review future of graphene
The single-layer carbon sheets' stellar qualities are only just being understood in all their capacities, the researchers say in a review article about the material's past and potential. read more
Mason Peck named NASA chief technologist
Peck will serve as the agency's principal adviser and advocate on matters of technology policy and programs. read more
Conference examines Mediterranean water problems
Cornell Law School hosted a conference Nov. 4-6 on water scarcity and policy in the Middle East and Mediterranean, which attracted a wide array of international scholars. read more
Switching light on and off - with photons
Cornell researchers have demonstrated that the passage of a light beam through an optical fiber can be controlled by just a few photons of another light beam. read more
Entrepreneurship 'boot camp' produces six startups
Forty-two students spent the Nov. 4 weekend in a sort of boot camp for budding student entrepreneurs; it generated six viable business ideas that just might go forward. read more
AguaClara wins $50,000 cash prize at Tech Awards
AguaClara, Cornell's water treatment and technology development program, has won a $50,000 cash prize in association with the 2011 Intel Environment Award. read more
Society of Women Engineers wins national accolades
The Cornell Society of Women Engineers chapter received a Gold Award for Outstanding Collegiate Section at the organization's annual conference in October. read more
Benefits of future space program are intangible
Norman Augustine, retired CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. and former member of the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, discussed the future of the space program Oct. 29. read more
Graduate fellows promote sustainability learning
Supporting graduate students' research in renewable energy while allowing those students to hone their communication skills are the goals of a National Science Foundation graduate fellows program. read more
Chemically assembled metamaterials may lead to superlenses
Scientists have used nanomanufacturing technology to create metamaterials with unusual optical properties that could lead to 'superlenses' able to image proteins and perhaps even make a 'Star Trek'... read more
NSF funds research on graphene ribbons
Research into new applications for graphene, as well as supporting women who work in the field of nanoelectronics, will result from a new National Science Foundation grant to Cornell. read more
