When 11-year-old Olivia Bouler published her self-illustrated book 'Olivia's Birds, Saving the Gulf' last month, she decided to kick off her book tour at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology April 2. (May 10, 2011)
Bringing together scientists from Cornell and elsewhere, the symposium will cover a wide range of applications, from cell culture to de-icing. (May 9, 2011)
Cornell professors Jon Kleinberg and Paul McEuen, and Weill Cornell professor Carl Nathan, M.D., are among 72 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, announced May 3. (May 5, 2011)
More than 40 educators and volunteers, most affiliated with 4-H and 4-H SET (Science, Engineering and Technology), learned about citizen science at a symposium on campus May 3.
J. Craig Venter, a co-author of the human genome sequences, spoke about the future of synthetic life forms for producing vaccines and consuming carbon dioxide, among other uses, in a talk April 28. (May 3, 2011)
Team Sapsucker from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology set a new national record on April 22 for the highest number of bird species identified in a 24-hour period.
Events on campus this week include Scottish singer Jean Redpath, CU Winds in concert, 'The Tempest' at Cornell Cinema and a public service lecture by Jane Coyne '88.
Cornell researchers are using synthetic DNA to make nanoparticles, dubbed DNAsomes, that can deliver drugs and genetic therapy to the insides of cells. (April 21, 2011)
Cornell President David Skorton, chemist Geoffrey Coates, physicist Sol Gruner and mathematician Laurent Saloff-Coste are among 212 newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (April 21, 2011)
