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New technique simplifies creation of nanoparticle 'magic-sized clusters'

A collaboration of two Cornell research groups has proposed a novel method for producing groups of same-sized nanoparticles, known as 'magic-sized clusters,' which have applications in optical memory storage and lighting.

VP Lombardi and VP Opperman address recent Collegetown incidents

Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi and Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Mary Opperman sent a message to the Ithaca campus community March 12 with updates on two investigations stemming from assaults over the weekend.

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.