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Joseph Burns, emeritus professor, former dean of faculty, dies at 83
March 04, 2025
ITHACA, New York, March 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news:

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Joseph Burns, emeritus professor, former dean of faculty, dies at 83

Joseph A. Burns, Ph.D. '66, emeritus professor of engineering and astronomy, and a former vice provost and dean of the Cornell faculty, died Feb. 26 in Ithaca. He was 83.

A planetary scientist specializing in celestial mechanics, Burns in 1998 helped discover two moons of Uranus and, more re . . .

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