A new wind turbine on Appledore Island, home of Shoals Marine Lab, symbolizes the lab's efforts to make Appledore a case study for innovative sustainable practices. (Aug. 6, 2007)
Cornell researchers have demonstrated a new way to make nanoscale resonators vibrate 'in the plane' -- that is, side to side -- and have shown that this can improve biodetection by shaking off extraneous stuff that isn't supposed to be detected. (Aug. 6, 2007)
In its summer 2007 fiction issue, The Atlantic magazine included Cornell in its list of the leading U.S. graduate writing programs, citing the quality of the program's alumni and faculty, its selectivity and its resources. (Aug. 6, 2007)
Among all American colleges and universities, Cornell University's motto is the best, according to Motto magazine, which recently released its first annual Top 10 Motto List. (Aug. 6, 2007)
The source for Saturn's enigmatic G ring may be debris formed by collisions between micrometeorites and relatively large, icy particles that form an arc along the ring's inner edge, CU researcher Matt Hedman and colleagues report. (Aug. 6, 2007)
About 40 percent of deaths worldwide are caused by water, air and soil pollution, concludes Cornell's David Pimentel. Such environmental degradation, coupled with the growth in world population, are major causes behind the rapid increase in human diseases worldwide. (Aug. 2, 2007)
The entire TCAT fleet of 49 buses has been outfitted with electronic card readers that can validate Cornell ID cards and keep better track of ridership trends. (Aug. 2, 2007)
A rally Aug. 2 to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at Cornell and in Ithaca was nearly 200 strong by 8:30 a.m. The rally was held in response to a nearby hate group protest. (Aug. 2, 2007)
FEAST for Health is a Cornell food-based nutrition education program in which children prepare unfamiliar, healthy foods in class and the foods become part of school lunch. (Aug. 1, 2007)
Elsie Frost McMurry, professor emerita of textiles and apparel -- an apparel historian, scholar, designer, dressmaker and former curator of the Cornell Costume Collection -- died July 25 at age 99 in Michigan. (July 31, 2007)
Professor emeritus Duane Chapman died at his home in Newfield, N.Y., July 29, after a brief illness. He was an expert in energy use, world oil prices and security, renewable energy costs and policy, and climate change. (July 31, 2007)
