Two students receive Caplan Travel Fellowships

Two juniors have been awarded $4,000 Harry Caplan Travel Fellowships to study and conduct research in the Mediterranean. (Nov. 30, 2010)

Government's Jessica Weeks wins grant for book on war

Jessica Weeks, assistant professor of government, won a Junior Faculty Research Grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation for her book project 'Dictators at War.' (Nov. 30, 2010)

Cornellians get a behind-the-scenes view of United Nations

Close to 90 Cornellians spent Nov. 12 at the United Nations, touring and talking with experts on topics ranging from climate change to food security. (Nov. 29, 2010)

Faculty panel sees old patterns and new possibilities in digital culture

A 'Meeting of the Minds' faculty panel examined how biomedical and digital technology affect human experience. The panel was the centerpiece of 'Cornell on the Charles' event, Nov. 18 in Boston. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Baroque organ debuts to full houses in Anabel Taylor

The first public performances of a new baroque organ on Nov. 21 packed Anabel Taylor Chapel twice, it marked the culmination of a nearly 10-year project that involved more than 100 people on two continents. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Junior wins award in South Korea

Dae-Gyeong Kim '12 has won the Best Proposal Prize at the Second Model Asian Union, held Nov. 8, in Incheon, Korea for his presentation on political integration in Asia. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Visiting lecturer addresses living the ethical life with others

The arguments we have throughout our lives help form our ethical consciousness, anthropologist Webb Keane said in his Nov. 9 Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Abrams explains the neglected 'fourth dimension' of a poem: 'Oral activity' in its reading

M.H. 'Mike' Abrams, Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus, discussed the four dimensions of six poems by poets ranging from Emily Dickinson to A.R. Ammons at a lecture Nov. 18. (Nov. 22, 2010)

Electrons can't exceed the speed of light -- thanks to light itself, says biologist

The viscous force that arises from Doppler-shifted photons prevents electrons from exceeding the speed of light, according to Randy Wayne, professor of plant biology. (Nov. 18, 2010)