News Archive for June 2011
Workshop teaches computer networking
Minority computer science students learned more about Internet hardware and software and about ... read more
Two M.S. students receive environmental fellowships from Council of Women World Leaders
Two students received Environmental Policy Graduate Fellowships read more
Holst-Warhaft named Tompkins County poet laureate
Gail Holst-Warhaft, Ph.D. '92, an adjunct professor of comparative literature, biological and environmental engineering and a poetry writer, was named Tompkins County poet laureate for 2011. read more
Cornell proposes 'transformative' NYC campus
Cornell's New York City footprint may soon grow larger with the addition of a new applied sciences research center and campus. The university plans to respond to a Request for Proposals for the... read more
Global Health Program students, faculty travel to Tanzania
For the third year in a row, 15 Cornell students are taking part in the Global Health Summer Session Program in Tanzania. read more
Researchers explore pirouette effect in turbulence
Researchers at Cornell have discovered that seemingly random turbulent flows, which are the flow of a fluid in which velocity varies rapidly and irregularly, actually have an astonishing structure. read more
Inaugural student sermon competition held
In an inaugural competition named for Rabbi Harold I. Saperstein '31, 14 students wrote and delivered sermons related to contemporary social justice issues this spring. read more
Microbe efficiencies could make better fuel cells
Two common bacteria involved in what was thought to be only a marginally important relationship actually help each other thrive when grown together in bioreactors, say Cornell scientists. read more
Walter Lynn, former ombudsman, dies at 82
Walter R. Lynn, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering and of science and technology studies, died June 6 of cancer. He was 82. read more
Recent graduate Harsh Gosalia dies June 5
Vice Provost and Graduate School Dean Barbara Knuth offers a message of condolence on the death of Harsh Gosalia, a recent graduate with a Masters in Engineering who died unexpectedly June 5. read more
President Skorton offers condolences on passing of Walter Lynn
Professor Emeritus served as dean of faculty, university ombudsman read more
Workshops to highlight potential of X-ray science
The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source will host six workshops throughout June to explore new science at the hard X-ray diffraction limit. read more
Portable ultrasound now available for horses
UltrOZ Elite Therapy System is a wearable, therapeutic ultrasound system for horses. read more
Atkinson Center announces venture fund awards
The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future chose 10 interdisciplinary projects to receive academic venture funds for spring 2011. The awards were announced May 29 and total $705,318. read more
