Commercialization Fellows explore market for inventions

Doctoral students in Cornell Engineering’s Commercialization Fellowship are developing tools to compress laser pulses, separate blood plasma and 3D print living tissue.

Supporters complete endowed scholarship challenge

Cornell’s endowed scholarship challenge ended this April, raising nearly $22 million in endowed scholarships to boost the university’s financial aid.

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Engaging with off-campus communities

The Office of Community Relations is on the move this summer with the Community Relations Engagement Wagon to share its services and knowledge with Cornell offices and colleagues.

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Higher ed adds jobs, dollars to regional economy

The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce hosted the leaders of three area universities, including Cornell, who described ways in which their institutions benefit the economy and society of New York state’s Southern Tier region.

Beth Milles directs ‘Fast Blood’ in Civic Ensemble summer festival

A new play festival will feature two new political plays by women whose work centers on women and people of color.

ILR’s High Road fellows make an impact on Western New York

The High Road fellowship program is sending 21 undergraduates to work with Western New York community-based organizations.

Collaboration yields discovery of 12-sided silica cages

A cross-campus collaboration led by materials science professor Uli Wiesner results in visual confirmation of 12-sided, nanoscale cage structures, which could have medical diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Center for Conservation Social Sciences looks at human role in nature

The newly renamed Center for Conservation Social Sciences will work to understand the public's relationship with natural conservation.

Former Veterinary College dean Edward C. Melby Jr. dies

Edward Carlos Melby Jr., DVM ’54, dean emeritus of the College of Veterinary Medicine, died April 22 of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 88 years old.