One year after an earthquake and tsunami devastated much of Japan, graduate students and professors from both Cornell and the University of Tokyo gathered to discuss the aftermath of the disaster in a conference on Sunday and Monday.

Easily unnoticed amid of the excitement for a new academic year, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook the Cornell campus and much of the East Coast on Aug. 23 around 2p.m. The vibrations were recorded by the University’s seismograph, and the results, which are still in the process of being analyzed, are now up on display in the lobby of Snee Hall.

More than a year after the January 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti, Cornell's GHESKIO clinic continues to provide aid to patients with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. 

Prof. Richard Allmendinger '75 describes the connections between earthquake size, corruption, poverty and their impacts.

Two Cornell students studying abroad in Japan are safe as the death toll from Friday's earthquake and subsequent tsunami climbs to 10,000.

Two Cornell students studying abroad at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand were evacuated after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the city.  

At his Apr. 21 lecture, Prof. Cin-Ty Lee, earth sciences, Rice University, shared his finding on the origins of the continental crust, or lithosphere.  His research provides new insight into the formation of the planet.

What’s the likelihood of being the only Cornell student studying abroad in Chile during the world’s fifth-largest earthquake? I’ll never be quite sure, but it’s safe to say it wasn’t exactly what I was expecting after packing up and leaving for Santiago in February. To be fair, I had been looking for some adventure … just not the kind you’d measure with a seismograph, I guess.

On Feb. 27, when Haiti laid in shambles from a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that leveled the nation less than two months prior, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Chile. The quick succession of these two calamities jolted public conscience of earthquakes, rekindled curiosity about forecasting and generated speculation about the relationship between natural disasters and climate change.

Can solar power really solve the issue of fossil fuels? Are solar cells economically efficient? And how do they build those solar panels anyway? New Cornell research strives to transform solar technology, using newer, cheaper materials to generate renewable energy.