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Ganem wins national award for cancer drug synthesis

Bruce Ganem, Cornell's Franz and Elisabeth Roessler Professor of Chemistry and J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship, is the winner of the American Chemical Society's (ACS) 2007 Award for Creative Invention. The award…

Culturing knee cells to scheduling Cornell's finals: Engineering students showcase research while networking with companies

Human tissue engineering to repair damage to cartilage, or meniscus, in the knee is a technology that Cornell master of engineering student Andrea Ippolito hopes to contribute someday to the biomedical engineering field.Ippolito,…

Giant 'C' sculpture of Cornell humanities books to depict the breadth of the university's scholarship

The world will soon "C" the humanities at Cornell as never before.In a first-of-its kind project, Cornell art Professor Buzz Spector will create one of the largest and most inclusive artworks in the university's history: an…

Combating Third World diseases: Major gift will target pathogens that plague 90 percent of the world

Malaria and tuberculosis continue to have devastating impacts in much of the world, particularly in the former Soviet Union and sub-Saharan Africa. A recent gift of $7.25 million from Howard Milstein '73 and Abby Milstein will…

Training a generation of M.D.-Ph.D. students in Gateways to the Laboratory Program

When 15 biomedical research scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) discussed some of the highlights and pitfalls of their chosen profession, they mentioned becoming too involved in their own research and losing touch…

The art of Polaroid photography: Exhibit on the 'one-step photography' showcases decades of innovation

Polaroid photography didn't only bring the "picture in a minute" thrill of near-instant gratification to a world of snapshooters -- it also gave artists a powerful photographic medium, as a current exhibit at the Herbert F…

Architect Koolhaas unveils Milstein Hall design: A 'miracle box' to unify AAP campus

OMAAn artist's rendering of a view of Milstein Hall, connecting Sibley and Rand halls. Milstein Hall, the newest building of Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), will be many things for many people: a space…

Third time's the charm: Milstein Hall back on track

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is the third architectural firm chosen to take on the Milstein Hall project for Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP)."The project has had a checkered past," AAP…

Filmmaker Abby Ginzberg '71 profiles a judge's inspiring career in 'Soul of Justice'

Coming to Cornell Cinema on Sept. 27: filmmaker Abby Ginzberg '71 and her award-winning documentary that profiles a black federal judge's life and career.Ginzberg will introduce her film, "Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson's…

Two Cornell students selected for microbiology institute

Two Cornell graduate students were selected from a national pool to attend the 2006 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Robert J. Kadner Institute for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Students in Preparation for Careers in…

Cornell Formula SAE team wins 'Toronto Shootout'

Cornell's Formula SAE team took first place in the fifth annual University of Toronto Shootout, Sept. 16, a regional race for student-built and -driven race cars.The Cornell team, whose primary mission is to build and drive a car…

New device from CU physicist tests uncertainty principle to unprecedented level -- and shows that looks can cool

ProvidedA scanning electron microscope image of an aluminum and silicon nitride resonator coupled to a superconducting single electron transistor (SSET). Researchers watched the resonator move through a phenomenon known as…