$54M for CHEXS, A New High-Energy X-ray Facility
CHESS is a national research facility that annually attracts more than 1,200 users who conduct X-ray analysis and collect data for research in materials, biomedical and other science fields. CHESS has been funded exclusively by the National Science Foundation since its commissioning in 1980. In April of 2019, Cornell transitioned to a new funding model in which multiple partners will steward facilities at CHESS.
CHESS: X-rays of the Future
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Don Hartill, longtime physics professor, CLASSE Director, & Lansing mayor, dies at 86
Hartill’s legacy at Cornell spans more than five decades. His work included some of the most transformative developments in the university’s physics research infrastructure, researchers at Cornell’s Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory said. As a physicist, engineer and leader, he played a central role in the design and operation of the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR), helped shape the success of the CLEO high-energy physics program, and contributed to the founding and growth of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), they said.