A little mystery returned to the world this week, while scientists and citizens alike rushed to bring back images from the frontiers of deep space and the natural world.
President Barack Obama awarded four Cornell assistant professors the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers on Sept. 26. While 94 other scientists received the award, no other university was as well represented on the list.
The first man to reach all three poles — the North Pole, the South Pole and the summit of Mount Everest — in a single year visited campus to raise awareness about climate change.
Cornell will help develop a training program for teachers on how to deliver a curriculum that promotes the development of bioenergy and bio-based products to students.