News Archive for November 2011
Does the natural gas industry need a new messenger?
CBC: To hear the natural gas industry tell it, the only problem with natural gas is bad public relations. read more
Charles Walton, father of RFID technology, dies at 89
engadget: Charles Walton, the man who pioneered the rise of RFID technology, has died at the age of 89. The Cornell-educated entrepreneur garnered more than 50 patents over the course of his career,... read more
Bill Nye: Science Guy or modern day Socrates?
The Signal: If there is anyone as enigmatic and influential on Western thought as Socrates, it is Bill Nye. read more
Ithaca Planning Board approves Gates Hall
The Cornell Daily Sun: The site plan review for Gates Hall — the last city approval necessary for the building’s construction — was unanimously approved by the City of Ithaca Planning and Development... read more
UB's Stenger named Binghamton president
BuffaloNews.com: Harvey G. Stenger Jr., one of the top leaders at the University at Buffalo, has been named president of Binghamton University by the State University of New York board of trustees. read more
Obama Awards Engineering Diversity Program
The Cornell Daily Sun: President Obama cited Cornell’s Diversity Programs in Engineering as one of five programs nationwide to receive the 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,... read more
2 Views of aerosols and climate change
NYT Green blog: Aerosols are small particles or droplets suspended in a gas. While consumers tend to think of them as being dispensed from a pressurized container, some are natural and some are... read more
Explore Space With A Spacecraft The Size Of A Postage Stamp
PCWorld: A graduate Aerospace Engineering student from Cornell University may have a solution to let anybody explore outer space, and he was inspired by a single speck of dust. read more
Carmel Valley engineer runs unique nonprofit school
Del Mar Times: Former Navy pilot, electrical engineer and computer manufacturer Vic Wintriss has the outrageous idea that children of grade- and middle-school ages can be taught computer programming read more
Air Pollution: Bad For Health, But Good For Planet?
Cleaning up the air, while good for our lungs, could make global warming worse. That conclusion is underscored by a new study, which looks at the pollutants that go up smokestacks along with carbon... read more
NASA's top techie speaks out
Cosmic Log: Cornell Professor Mason Peck, who takes over NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist in January, speaks. read more
