Researcher invents lethal 'lint brush' to capture and kill cancer cells in the bloodstream

Cornell researcher Michael King shows that a tiny, implantable device can capture and kill cancer cells in the bloodstream before they spread through the body. (Dec. 10, 2008)

Spotlight on Cornell alumni

Vivian Schiller '83 is new NPR head; Wendy Libby '72, MBA '77, is named president of Stetson University; and Josh Greenfield '84 publishes a novel. (Dec. 4, 2008)

Student work sought for psychology art competition

The Department of Psychology is inviting all Cornell students to explore the human condition through two-dimensional art in a new juried annual competition with a $2,000 prize. (Dec. 3, 2008)

CU Winds join Philadelphia schools in musical outreach

More than 60 student musicians in the Cornell Wind Ensembles participated in an outreach and education project with young instrumental music students in the Philadelphia school district in November. (Dec. 3, 2008)

Speakers address attempts to heal the bodies and spirits<br />of torture victims

Staff from the Bellevue Program for Survivors of Torture at New York University spoke to a Cornell audience Nov. 20 about how they help victims of torture heal. (Dec. 1, 2008)

Edwin Salpeter, whose theories revolutionized astrophysics, dies at 83

Edwin Salpeter, whose theories revolutionized astrophysics, died at his home in Ithaca Nov. 26. He was 83. (Nov. 26, 2008)

Cornell scientists find key to riddle of vitamin B1 biosynthesis -- 'like solving a Rubik's cube'

Cornell scientists have characterized a key enzyme's structure to better understand its activity in vitamin B1 synthesis. The enzyme performs a complex series of 15 to 20 steps. (Nov. 19, 2008)

Symposium shows evolving views on James Baldwin

Five diverse scholars weighed in on the life, work and legacy of writer James Baldwin at a symposium Nov. 8 at Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center. (Nov. 12, 2008)

Winter session course explores Rastafarian imagery

Art, Caribbean culture, history and spirituality will combine in Jamaican art historian Petrine Archer-Straw's winter session distance course, Rastafari, Race and Resistance. (Nov. 12, 2008)