Researchers have invented an efficient, inexpensive method to electrically characterize individual carbon nanotubes, even when they are of slightly different shapes and sizes and are networked together. (Dec. 15, 2008)
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Director Frank Robinson, dressed as Santa Claus, reads 'T'was the Night Before Christmas' to children at the museum's holiday celebration Dec. 7. (Dec. 11, 2008)
Cornell researcher Michael King shows that a tiny, implantable device can capture and kill cancer cells in the bloodstream before they spread through the body. (Dec. 10, 2008)
Vivian Schiller '83 is new NPR head; Wendy Libby '72, MBA '77, is named president of Stetson University; and Josh Greenfield '84 publishes a novel. (Dec. 4, 2008)
The Department of Psychology is inviting all Cornell students to explore the human condition through two-dimensional art in a new juried annual competition with a $2,000 prize. (Dec. 3, 2008)
More than 60 student musicians in the Cornell Wind Ensembles participated in an outreach and education project with young instrumental music students in the Philadelphia school district in November. (Dec. 3, 2008)
Staff from the Bellevue Program for Survivors of Torture at New York University spoke to a Cornell audience Nov. 20 about how they help victims of torture heal. (Dec. 1, 2008)
Cornell scientists have characterized a key enzyme's structure to better understand its activity in vitamin B1 synthesis. The enzyme performs a complex series of 15 to 20 steps. (Nov. 19, 2008)