Conservation website brings real world into classroom

The Conservation Bridge website gets students involved in solving real-world problems from around the world. (Oct. 4, 2012)

Cornell NYC Tech and the Commerce Department partner to spur job creation

Cornell and the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a groundbreaking partnership in New York City Oct. 2 to speed commercialization of ideas generated at Cornell NYC Tech. (Oct. 4, 2012)

Notaro edits volume on disparities in health, health care based on race, class and gender

Sheri Notaro has edited a new anthology examining the devastating impact of race, class and gender on the health and health care of African-Americans, Latinos and Native Americans. (Oct. 4, 2012)

Two graduate students win Intel Ph.D. fellowships

Electrical and computer engineering graduate students Ishita Mukhopadhyay and Jared Strait have received 2012 Intel Ph.D. Fellowships. (Oct. 3, 2012)

Junot Diaz, MFA '95, wins MacArthur fellowship

Fiction writer Junot Diaz, MFA '95, is among 23 recipients of a 2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. The $500,000 awards are intended to encourage innovation. (Oct. 2, 2012)

Wireless data centers could be faster, cheaper, greener

Cornell computer scientists have proposed an innovative wireless design that could greatly reduce the cost and power consumption of massive cloud computing data centers, while improving performance. (Sept. 26, 2012)

Scientists simulate clothing sounds for computer animation

Cornell researchers who specialize in creating sound for computer animation are adding the sounds of cloth to their repertoire. (Sept. 25, 2012)

A twisted tale: Plant roots form helices as they encounter barriers

Using 3-D time-lapse imaging, physicists, working with plant biologists, have discovered that certain roots, when faced with barriers like a patch of stiff dirt, form helical spring-like shapes. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Study: White dwarfs' tidal effects may create novae

Theoretical physicists at Cornell may have found a new way to explain the formation of novae. If their theory is correct, it would represent a big step forward for astrophysics. (Sept. 20, 2012)