Quick pulse of laser light can cause dramatic shift in material's properties

Assistant professor Nicole Benedek and postdoc Guru Khalsa are working to perfect a method for changing the properties of a material by zapping it with a beam of laser light.

Conference to celebrate 50 years of Dan Schwarz's teaching

The English department will host alumni, faculty and students to celebrate a half-century of teaching at Cornell by Daniel Schwarz, March 23-24.

Graduate student group fostering connections with Cornell alumnae

A speaker series sponsored by several campus groups is bringing prominent Cornell alumnae to campus to speak to graduate students and postdocs.

House finches with pink eye reveal the secrets of disease virulence

A new study outlines a pathogen strategy to overcome the immune systems of house finches with conjunctivitis infections.

Medieval and Renaissance scholar speaks March 19

Historian Karen Sullivan of Bard College will speak about “Tales of Eleanor of Aquitaine’s Adventures on the Second Crusade” March 19.

Grant seeks to diversify participation in biology, biomedical graduate studies

A new initiative aims to increase participation rates and enhance the success of under-represented ethnic minorities and students who are deaf or hard of hearing in biological and biomedical graduate fields at Cornell.

Leaders issue statement on Collegetown incident

President Martha E. Pollack and Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi issued a statement March 10 following an assault in Collegetown in which racial slurs were used.

Things to Do, March 9-16, 2018

Events this week include Union Days, The Alloy Orchestra at Cornell Cinema, Sitara Night, a Science Cabaret on the mechanics of bicycles, pianist Jeremy Denk, and the domestic violence documentary "Home Truth."

Make a difference by joining the Employee Assembly

Employee Assembly election materials will be available March 19, for submission by March 26. Online voting will be April 10 beginning at 8 a.m. and ending April 12 at noon.

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