High schoolers explore careers at 4-H conference
The annual 4-H Career Explorations Conference, held June 25-27, hosted 600 high school students from 45 New York state counties on campus. Read more
News: ECE
Soaring CUAir wins unmanned air systems competition
CUAir, a group of high-flying Cornell engineering students, soared into first place at the Student Unmanned Air Systems Competition held at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, June 19-22. Read more
Two student teams win coveted EPA prize
Two Cornell student teams – a cookstove fuel/biochar group and the AguaClara water filtration project – won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s prestigious People, Prosperity and the Planet Award June 19. Read more
Cowen, Travis appointed ACSF associate directors
Edwin “Todd” Cowen, professor in the College of Engineering, and Alex Travis, associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, become associate directors of the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future July 1. Read more
Industry, academia to share Cornell Tech building
Cornell NYC Tech has announced it will develop its first "corporate co-location" building, a major advancement in its effort to bring industry and academia together on its Roosevelt Island campus. Read more
Model recreates wear and tear of osteoarthritis
Cornell engineers have created a model that simulates prolonged joint loading, leading to similar conditions found in osteoarthritis sufferers. Read more
Students receive ECE Innovation Awards
The ECE Innovation Award Competition challenges students to design and develop an innovative technology based on electrical and computer engineering, and to demonstrate the potential of the idea to address a practical business and/or social challenge. Each semester, ECE awards $10K each to two winning teams. Read more
Device mimics cancer cell environment
Bioengineers are examining a critical step in the metastatic process using a microfluidic device that mimics the cancer cell microenvironment. Read more
'Living vicariously' has marked Gruner's time at CHESS
On July 1, Sol Gruner will step down as director of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, to be succeeded by Joel Brock, professor of applied and engineering physics. Read more
ECE Professor Avestimehr Wins IEEE Paper Award
Salman Avestimehr, Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received the IEEE Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award. Read more