Physics of gene transcription observed by CU researchers

A research team has made precise measurements of where and how RNA polymerase encounters obstacles while it reads nucleosomal DNA. (May 13, 2010)

A 'retired' McConnell-Ginet as busy as ever with Potter prose, prison program, local theater ... and eggplant

Harry Potter, teaching math in prison and discussing sexuality in Hong Kong - such pursuits have become possible since Professor Emerita Sally McConnell-Ginet retired. (May 12, 2010)

Cathy Caruth lectures on psychoanalysis, history

Cathy Caruth, the M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor, discussed archiving and erasing history and memory in the works of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Derrida,during a lecture May 6. (May 12, 2010)

Faculty-in-residence professor takes students to NYC to absorb art, architecture, history

Faculty-in-residence Cheryl Finley, assistant professor of history of art, took 15 students from her residence hall to New York City for the day April 24 to learn about art, architecture and history. (May 11, 2010)

Arts group wins NEA grant to collect its works at Cornell's Goldsen Archive

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded $25,000 to Turbulence.org to develop an archive of its NET ART Commissions Archive with Cornell's Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art. (May 11, 2010)

Sun Grant conference to explore biofuels, biopower

National and regional biofuel, biopower and bioproducts experts will convene in Syracuse for the Northeast Sun Grant 2010 Regional Conference, hosted by Cornell, May 24-26. (May 10, 2010)

Burma workshop offers food, politics and language lessons

Several hundred community members learned about Burmese ethnic groups, their food, language and political status May 8 when the Cornell Southeast Asia Program sponsored a daylong workshop. (May 10, 2010)

Physical Sciences Building construction to close walkways

Various sidewalks near the construction of the Physical Sciences Building on East Avenue will be closed for the summer.

The Triple Helix, a student publication founded at Cornell, is a global nonprofit

The Triple Helix, founded by Cornell students in 2004, is now at 27 schools worldwide and has a new online journal to supplement the semiannual print journals focusing on science, society and law. (May 6, 2010)