Faculty project brings jazz acts to Ithaca

Jazz Spaces Ithaca, a series of performances that will bring prominent jazz players to Ithaca, will take place throughout the 2012-13 academic year. (Aug. 31, 2012)

New technique could mean super thin, strong graphene-based circuits

Researchers have patterned single atom-thick films of graphene and an insulator, boron nitride, without the use of a silicon substrate. (Aug. 29, 2012)

Cell membrane proteins feel long-range forces

Cornell physicists have identified the physical mechanisms behind long-range protein attractions, which are set off by changes in cellular membranes. (Aug. 29, 2012)

Create action figures from computer graphic images

Computer graphics researchers have created software that will translate a graphic image of a character from a movie or video game into a posable plastic model. (Aug. 28, 2012)

Experts agree on need for partnerships to speed New York tech transfer

Cornell President David Skorton moderated an Aug. 22 panel in New York City that looked at ways to spur technology transfer from academia to business. (Aug. 28, 2012)

Former president of Chile to give Bartels lecture

The former president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, now a United Nations undersecretary general and executive director of UN Women, will lecture on 'Women and the New Development Paradigm' Sept. 4. (Aug. 27, 2012)

World-renowned mathematician William Thurston dies at 65

At age 37, Thurston won the Fields Medal, which mathematicians regard as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for mathematics. (Aug. 24, 2012)

Eleven Cornellians win 2012-13 Fulbright awards

An education campaign on menstrual hygiene in India and a study of the effects of grazing on grassland biodiversity in Java are among this year's Cornell projects funded by the Fulbright Program. (Aug. 22, 2012)

Grants will digitize Obama memorabilia, early maps

Cornell University Library and the College of Arts and Sciences have awarded 11 grants to create new digital content in support of visual and interactive learning, teaching and research. (Aug. 22, 2012)