Fellowships honoring Frank H.T. Rhodes to support research aiding the disadvantaged

New postgraduate fellowships, named for Frank H.T. Rhodes and funded by a $5 million gift from The Atlantic Philanthropies, will further research in the Law School and Cornell Population Program.

Play the PhotoCity game to build a 3-D CU model

To play PhotoCity, you have to get up from your computer and walk around campus. The game knits together still photos of an object taken from many angles to create a 3-D model of the Cornell campus. (Feb. 24, 2010)

Study to see how libraries can help humanities Ph.D. students finish degrees

The libraries at Cornell and Columbia universities are collaborating on a study that aims to discover if libraries can help humanities doctoral students finish their Ph.D.s within 10 years. (Feb. 24, 2010)

Social hours help students form bilingual friendships

Making friends in college is not always easy, but for many international students it is even harder considering the language barrier. The Language Pairing Program's new social hours is designed to help. (Feb. 23, 2010)

Jimmy Smits chats with acting students, Latino students

TV and stage star Jimmy Smits, MFA '82, spent the afternoon of Feb. 22 working with two acting classes and speaking with Latino students. (Feb. 23, 2010)

Dust in the wind -- and the atmosphere -- affects climate and habitation, Mahowald says

Natalie Mahowald, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, said the concentration of dust in the atmosphere could affect global systems including climate, precipitation and vegetation.

Nanoscience opens new doors for studying cell biology, Baird says at AAAS

Nanotechnology is giving researchers insight into how cell receptors for environmental stimuli orchestrate the spatial assembly of the intracellular signaling pathways.

Park and Bindel are named Sloan fellows

Jiwoong Park, assistant professor of chemistry, and David Bindel, assistant professor of computer science, have been named 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for outstanding early career success. (Feb. 22, 2010)

Marc Robinson wins Nathan Award for dramatic criticism

Yale University professor Marc Robinson has won this year's George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, administered by Cornell's Department of English. (Feb. 22, 2010)