Poet Ken McClane celebrates his family at Sage Chapel Africana Sunday service

Kenneth McClane, the W.E.B. DuBois Professor of Literature at Cornell, will offer a reflection on family and a tribute to his parents as part of the 2008 Sage Chapel Vespers Africana Sunday Series Feb. 17 at 4 p.m. (Feb. 12, 2008)

From 'Innocents' to 'Apocalypse,' new course studies how media portray Americans living and traveling abroad

A new course this semester, Americans Abroad, explores how visual and literary media portray Americans traveling in other countries. (Feb. 12, 2008)

Drama of Darwin's letters depicts stormy debate graced by humor

A performance of 'Re:Design,' a dramatization of correspondence between Charles Darwin and Harvard botanist Asa Gray, kicked off Cornell's weeklong series of events celebrating Darwin Day 2008. (Feb. 12, 2008)

Jon Kleinberg elected to the National Academy of Engineering, along with four other CU alumni

Cornell professor of computer science Jon Kleinberg '93 is one of 65 new members of the National Academy of Engineering this year. Also elected were four other Cornell alumni. (Feb. 11, 2008)

Old house of new ideas: Society for the Humanities to plug into digital culture as Murray takes helm

The Society for the Humanities has for more than four decades spearheaded propagation of new knowledge and introduced interdisciplinary approaches to study that have had lasting institutional consequences. (Feb. 8, 2008)

Cornell scientists find how a protein binds to genes and regulates them across the human genome

Out of chaos, control: Cornell molecular biologists have discovered how a protein called PARP-1 binds to genes and regulates their expression across the human genome. (Feb. 7, 2008)

Howard Milstein '73 named Cornell's 2008 <br /> Entrepreneur of the Year

Howard P. Milstein '73, co-chairman, president and CEO of Emigrant Savings Bank and its holding company, New York Private Bank and Trust, and managing partner of Milstein Properties, has been named the 2008 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year. (Feb. 4, 2008)

Weird, wacky and wonderful images honored in fifth CCMR microscopy contest

The winners of the Cornell Center for Materials Research's fifth microscopy contest were announced Jan. 28. (Feb. 4, 2008)

Music with a mission: CU Winds revisit Costa Rica

The Cornell Wind Ensemble toured Costa Rica for the second time in January, delivering more than 80 donated instruments to three schools and performing concerts across the country.