Light Source BY KENNY BERKOWITZ An expert in research on the physical properties of light, award-winning teacher Chris Xu has a talent for illuminating a classroom as well. Read the Story Game On! BY JAY WROLSTAD A new course in computer game design brings together artists, programmers, musicians, and writers who improve their individual skills while adding disciplinary ones. Read the Story Best Department You Never Heard Of BY MARK RADER What does Sputnik have to do with Theoretical Applied Mechanics? Learn this and more about Engineering's "nontraditional" department. Read the Story |
| News Teams: FSAE wins, Moonbuggy is second, and ICE CUBE’s launch is rescheduled. Time: The Sundial is back and Duffield Hall gets top billing on the Cornell calendar. Tips: BME becomes a department, the state renews advanced technology funding, the university joins networking consortium, and Arecibo gets a radio camera. People Students: are robotics mentors, solar sprint judges, scholarship recipients, award winners, science communicators, rink designers and evening dancers. Faculty members: win a Guggenheim, study Saturn rings, and cut the ribbon on the new synchrotron facility. Alumni: lead community service, conference on energy, and excel as entrepreneurs. Hometown Hero Pedal Power: A couple of engineering students from MIT and Cornell pair up for their own "Le Tour de USA" to raise money for the FDNY Widows' and Children’s Fund. |