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Volunteers needed for Cornell opening day, Aug.18

Faculty and staff assistance is needed Aug. 18 to welcome and direct new students and their families as they move around campus and complete registration requirements.

High-tech hairdo: New Cornell method gets that natural look in computer-generated blond hair

Cornell researchers have developed a new and much quicker method for rendering hair in computer graphics that promises to make blond (and other light-colored) hair more realistic.

Not stuffy, not pretentious, School of Criticism and Theory finds fun in intensity and mental rigor

Cornell is hosting the 30th annual meeting of SCT from July 18 to 26, bringing together an array of international scholars embodying interdisciplinary interests from humanistic and related disciplines, including English, comparative literature, history, political theory, film and theater studies.

Cornell's Nanobiotechnology Center becomes model for teaching in Kentucky

A researcher from Kentucky State University has chosen Cornell's Nanobiotechnology Center to fulfill a faculty-training grant that will allow him to create a nanobiotechnology course at his home institution.

Cornell plant geneticist gives local high school students lessons in living environment

Susan McCouch, professor of plant breeding and genetics at Cornell, works with Ithaca-area high schools to create a hands-on laboratory experience that also meets New York's educational standards for the Living Environment curriculum.

Beholden to butterfly behavior

Postdoctoral researcher Marta del Campo and undergraduate Noelle Clarry '07 examine butterfly behavior in the Minns Garden flower beds in front of the Plant Sciences Building.

A microscopic future looms large: Cornell's Kavli Institute hosts electron microscopy workshop, July 16-20

About two dozen of the world's top electron microscopy scientists are speaking on campus at the workshop 'Electron Microscopy: Fundamental Limits and New Science,' July 16-20.

Skorton takes the helm; gets a warm welcome from all

David Skorton's first five days as Cornell's 12th president were a carefully choreographed whirlwind of meetings, tours, introductions, media interviews and photo ops. But choreography aside, Skorton quickly found his own groove.

Physics labs consolidate to build a new accelerator

The Laboratory of Elementary Particle Physics (LEPP) and the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) have joined to become the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education.

On-campus farmers' market features organic vegetables, flowers

The Cornell campus is getting even greener thanks to the new twice-weekly sale of organic flowers and vegetables grown on the student-run Dilmun Hill organic farm.

Young 'Nerdy Birders' raise funds for Ivory-bill Project

Young birders from Georgia raise $2,761 in pledges for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Ivory-bill Project.

Visit from Peking University delegation affirms CAPS-Beida cooperation

Peking Univeristy delegation visits Cornell for symposium on U.S.-China Relations and to discuss Cornell's new China Asia-Pacific Studies major.