Spotlights

In 1987, James Altucher '89 -- today a successful entrepreneur, columnist and author -- started his first business, CollegeCard, with two other Cornell students. Back then, debit cards were...

By Michael Gillis Inside an air force “clean tent” at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico is a small collection of hardware easy to overlook. Stacked there are two hexagonal structures weighing...

The objective of this panel was to connect GE technical women leaders, managers, and strong individual contributors with current students as well as Cornell faculty and administrators. The discussion...

Engineering students can Win an iPad 3 Record a short video about your experiences at Cornell and be entered into a drawing for an Apple iPad 3 (WIFI 16G). The college is creating an augmented reality...

Speak Out Against Bias and Report It Alan Zehnder, associate dean for diversity and faculty development and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and Sara Xayarath Hernández, director of...

Breaking the rules to push the limits of imagination To play music, you need an instrument, right? You can pluck a string or vibrate a reed or strike a surface or force air through an opening. But...

Breaking the rules to make life better in Tanzania For many students and parents there are simple “rules for college:” you apply to several schools, you weigh your options, you enroll at the school...

In 1987, James Altucher '89 -- today a successful entrepreneur, columnist and author -- started his first business, CollegeCard, with two other Cornell students. Back then, debit cards were...

Edwin Kan, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is leading a $1.5 million grant to develop a people counting technology in residential and commercial buildings as an input to energy...

To reduce energy consumption and fight global warming, buildings must become more efficient. Buildings use about 40 percent of the nation's energy and 70 percent of its electricity. Brandon Hencey is...