Cornell undergrad wins IBM award for computer graphics project

The Cornell Theory Center has announced that Warren Andrew Menzer is the winner of the second annual IBM Undergraduates in Computational Science Award.

Bruce Levitt is new arts liaison and faculty director of the Cornell Council for the Arts

Bruce Levitt, professor and former chair of Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, has been named faculty director of the Cornell Council for the Arts.

Tango! concert and dance performances at Cornell Oct. 30

Ithaca Tangueros is hosting Tango! a concert and dance performance Saturday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in the Statler Auditorium at Cornell. The show includes live tango music and performances by some of the finest Argentine Tango couples dancers in the world.

Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust writer, to speak at Cornell Nov. 4

Elie Wiesel will speak in Bailey Hall on the campus Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. Imprisoned in the Nazi death camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald at age 15, Wiesel survived to write about the horrific experience in such books as Night.

Cornell economist urges changes in minimum wage policies

While the House of Representatives considers a bill that would raise the minimum wage by $1 over three years to $6.15 an hour, a Cornell economist asserts that the minimum wage is an outdated mechanism that does not help the working poor fight poverty.

Prominent guest speakers visit during Latino Heritage Month; help launch yearlong series

The Latino Studies Program at Cornell is welcoming two prominent guest speakers in October and is celebrating Latino Heritage Month with its annual Unity Dinner.

Cornell University Library receives $331,000 preservation grant for its anti-slavery collection

Cornell University Library has received a $331,000 grant to conserve its extensive Samuel May Anti-Slavery Collection.

Cornell small-business clinic offers legal, business and other services to local child-care providers

How should a home-based child-care provider set up a partnership, plan her liability insurance and more. These a few challenges facing an interdisciplinary team of 12 Cornell University students working as part of the new Cornell Small Children/Small Business Project.

Some of best Earth-bound images yet of distant planet Neptune captured by Cornell-designed camera on Palomar telescope

The heavens are sharper than ever before to the Earth-bound watcher, thanks to astronomers at Cornell and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Cornell researchers have built an infrared camera for the California Institute of Technology's 200-inch Hale telescope.