More than 900 students will get their degrees this winter

Nick Lawrie '13 will graduate in January with the ability to follow his passion for 'helping the little guy,' thanks to his ILR School education and Cornell financial aid. (Dec. 17, 2012)

Technique offers high-speed, 3-D images in living tissue

Scientists trying to decipher the microenvironment of living biological tissues now have a way of taking high-resolution, high-speed, three-dimensional images of their inner workings. (Dec. 17, 2012)

Synchronized nanoscale oscillators may spur new devices

Two tiny mechanical oscillators, suspended just nanometers apart, can talk to each other and synchronize by means of nothing but light. (Dec. 14, 2012)

Game offers students a taste of real-world trading

Financial engineering master's students at Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan participated in a trading game developed by Levent Kahraman '92. (Dec. 14, 2012)

Multimode waveguides bring light around corners for compact photonic chips

A Cornell innovation in photonic chip design could offer vastly increased bandwidth for fiber-optic communication. (Dec. 13, 2012)

Northeast sees second-driest November since 1895

November 2012 went into the record books as the second-driest November since 1895 in the Northeast. (Dec. 11, 2012)

Potdar wins Cornell Concerto Competition

Pianist Vikram Potdar '14 is the winner of the ninth annual Cornell Concerto Competition, held Dec. 9. He will perform his winning concerto with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra on March 7, 2013. (Dec. 11, 2012)

For honest voting, write a message the 'man in the middle' can't intercept

Cornell computer scientists have developed a new way to send a 'non-malleable' message - one that cannot be altered by a third party - over a computer network. (Dec. 10, 2012)

Crowd-funded, DIY spacecraft to float into low-Earth orbit

A project called KickSat will launch more than 200 tiny satellites into low-Earth orbit in 2013. And unlike traditional, big government space exploration, KickSat is a launch by the people. (Dec. 5, 2012)