New York student wins High School Fashion Design Award

Sarah Song, a student at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg, N.Y., is the winner of the first High School Fashion Design Award from the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design. (March 16, 2010)

Students toil -- designing, pinning, sewing, fitting -- to produce fashion show

More than 70 students showed off their original designs at 'Once Upon a Runway,' the 26th annual Cornell Design League fashion show, at Barton Hall, March 13.

Art historian fights to rescue historic plaster cast collection

Cornell's historic plaster cast collection - copies of famous statues - should be rescued and restored, because it's more valuable than ever, says art historian Annetta Alexandridis. (March 16, 2010)

Law School to help make federal regulations user-friendly and Web accessible

Cornell Law School and the U.S. Government Printing Office have joined forces to make the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations available online in a user-friendly, centrally located format. (March 15, 2010)

Mobile site and iPhone app make Cornell Library portable

Cornell University Library releases new mobile computing devices that give students and faculty on-the-go access to library holdings. (March 15, 2010)

Students apply Arabic language skills in Jordan

Twelve students, the pilot group in the Intensive Arabic Program, are speaking and writing in Arabic this semester while engaging with the culture and studying at a university in Amman, Jordan. (March 15, 2010)

Coat can charge cell phone, iPod, MP3 player

Abbey Liebman '10 designed a solar-powered jacket that captures the sun's rays to charge cell phones, iPods and other handheld devices. It debuted at the Cornell Design League Fashion Show March 13.

David Harris takes leave to join Obama administration

Deputy Provost David Harris has announced he will take an extended leave of absence to join the Obama administration. His last day on campus will be March 19. (March 15, 2010)

Peter Eisenman shares contentious views on design vs. architecture

Alumnus architect Peter Eisenman gave an opinionated and discursive lecture on architecture, design and changing norms, March 10 in Goldwin Smith Hall. Eisenman is a visiting Rhodes Professor. (March 11, 2010)