Sick in America: Health care reform will only come with public anger, says doctor-author

Dr. Arthur Garson laid out the topography of the health care debate, defining terms and dispelling a few myths along the way, in his keynote address kicking off the Sick in America series, April 20. (April 21, 2009)

eLab helps nurture nine undergraduate student businesses

Student Agencies eLab, the nonprofit accelerator for undergraduate businesses, is helping nine student groups this semester develop and grow their business ideas.

Team to compete in world programming finals in Stockholm

A team of three Cornell students will be among 100 teams in the world finals of the 2009 Association of Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest in Stockholm, April 18-22. (April 9, 2009)

Hopcroft, Halpern, Myers receive ACM awards

Faculty members Joseph Halpern, John Hopcroft and Andrew Myers received awards from the Association for Computing Machinery. (April 9, 2009)

Engineering research conference showcases graduate students' work

Graduate students presented their work in Duffield Hall April 3 at the revamped and renamed Cornell Engineering Research Conference. (April 7, 2009)

Schaffer wins biomedical engineering teaching award

Chris Schaffer, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been awarded the 2009 Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. (April 3, 2009)

Move over, Newton: Scientifically ignorant computer derives natural laws from raw data

Cornell researchers have taught a computer to derive natural laws from observation of events in the real world - without any prior scientific knowledge on the part of the computer. (April 2, 2009)

Using his CU engineering skills, alumnus targets tragic medical condition afflicting 2 million women

Seth Cochran '00, M.Eng. '01, has started a nonprofit called Operation OF, now being piloted in Uganda, dedicated to ending obstetric fistula worldwide. (April 2, 2009)

New biofuel lab focuses on turning bales into barrels

Cornell just opened its new $6 million Biofuels Research Laboratory, where Cornell scientists and students from across the university are examining sustainable and economical biofuel production. (April 1, 2009)