Cornell graphics researchers win Academy Awards

Faculty and alumni share Academy Awards for software to simulate fire and smoke and tools for managing complex animations.

Cassini suggests ice floats on a Saturn moon

A new model by scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn finds that hydrocarbon ice could float on lakes on Saturn's largest moon.

Langwick wins grant to study African law

Anthropologist Stacey Langwick will use a National Science Foundation grant to study how new global intellectual property policies affect ownership of traditional medicine in Tanzania.

Vogel calls for new approach to bioweapons analysis

In a new book, Kathleen Vogel, associate professor of science and technology studies, calls for a new framework for assessing bioweapons threats. (Dec. 20, 2012)

White Christmas in Fairbanks pretty much guaranteed

Samantha Borisoff, a climatologist at the Northeast Regional Climate Center, examined 50 years of weather data and calculated various cities' chances for a white Christmas and a dry New Year's Eve. (Dec. 19, 2012)

Linguists share their field with area students, parents

Linguistics faculty gave area secondary school students an introduction to their field at a recent open house. The department also hosts events in an international linguistics competition. (Dec. 19, 2012)

More than 900 students will get their degrees this winter

Nick Lawrie '13 will graduate in January with the ability to follow his passion for 'helping the little guy,' thanks to his ILR School education and Cornell financial aid. (Dec. 17, 2012)

Synchronized nanoscale oscillators may spur new devices

Two tiny mechanical oscillators, suspended just nanometers apart, can talk to each other and synchronize by means of nothing but light. (Dec. 14, 2012)

Game offers students a taste of real-world trading

Financial engineering master's students at Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan participated in a trading game developed by Levent Kahraman '92. (Dec. 14, 2012)