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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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.
A Jan. 24 reception celebrated the James McConkey Summer Fellowship in Creative Writing, which will support a second-year MFA student who is completing a thesis. (Jan. 29, 2008)
The Arecibo Observatory will have its sights set on a newly discovered asteroid, 2007 TU24, next week as the object passes within 334,000 miles of Earth. (Jan. 25, 2008)
