ITHACA, New York, Sept. 2 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * 'Rivers of Ice' exhibit offers lens on glaciers' retreat * In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Cornell geology professor Ralph Stockmann Tarr led expeditions with his students to Alaska and Greenland to study and photograph their breathtaking glaciers. Captured on fragile plate glass negatives, Tarr's images survive today as records of glacial landscapes that have since retreated or vanished due to climate change. Tarr's early photographs are part of a Cornell  more PR

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 2 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell science educator David Kornreich, Ph.D. '01, dies at 52 * David Kornreich, Ph.D. '01, who taught physics and astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), died Aug. 30 in a plane crash near Ithaca. He was 52. An avid aviator and flight instructor, Kornreich was piloting the LA-4-200 Lake Buccaneer amphibious aircraft, which he owned; the plane appeared to experience a mechanical issue before crashing about an hour into its flight from the Tompki more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Sept. 1 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * From Niagara Falls to Greenland, students explore climate and geological hazards * A group of students pose for a photo at Niagara Falls. The University at Buffalo's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program allowed students to study climate and geological hazards in Western New York, and a chance to explore local destinations like Niagara Falls. UB summer research program allows undergraduates to st more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 2 -- The University of Washington posted the following news release: * * * Q&A: The Arctic melt season is a week longer now than it was in the 1980s, shows new UW research on sea ice trends * Previous imageNext image Relatively few people have been to the Arctic, and even fewer have set foot in Antarctica. Most of us rely on our imaginations and media to visualize these landscapes and the ways they are changing. Research shows that the Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average. The sea ice is m more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 2 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Hampshire. *** System for Treating a Patient ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 1 -- FRACTYL HEALTH, INC., Burlington, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12721954 B2, initially filed Aug. 8, 2023) developed by six inventors Harith Rajagopalan, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts; Jay Caplan, Boston, Massachusetts; Jason West, Boston, Massachusetts; Jacob Wainer, Brighton, Massachusetts; Michael Biasella, Medford, Massachusetts; and J. Christopher Fl more ST