Crowdsourcing creates a database of surfaces

A database of images of surfaces will aid computer graphics simulations for home remodeling, animation and visual searches.

Software arranges photo lighting after the shoot

The age of digital photography has brought a new approach, called “computational lighting design.” Still not easy, but new software from Cornell will give amateurs a head start and save time for pros by combining Photoshop layers to create ideal lighting.

Freeing pet catfish can devastate ecosystems

A new Cornell study explains why aquarium catfish can change the structure and function of ecosystems when pet owners set them free and they become abundant in non-native waters.

'Photo album' shows dances of droplets

Researchers have produced a "photo album" of more than 30 shapes an oscillated drop of water can take – a fundamental insight into how droplets behave.

Humanities students embrace multimedia in library program

Cornell University Library is offering an internship program that aims to expose Cornell graduate students to new frontiers in digital humanities work.

Program teaches girls engineering via apparel design

Smart Clothing, Smart Girls: Engineering via Apparel Design, a weeklong course, taught 24 middle school girls on campus many principles of science to attract them to STEM fields.

Biomedical engineering wins diversity award

Cornell’s Department of Biomedical Engineering has received the 2013 Biomedical Engineering Society’s diversity award.

Cornell named a mentoring center by Sloan Foundation

Cornell has been awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant to become one of three new University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced.

Versatile polymer film synthesis method invented

Materials researchers have devised a so-called hierarchical porous polymer film synthesis method that may help make these materials useful for applications ranging from catalysis to bioengineering.