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Bacteria employ 'quality-control' machinery, say biomolecular engineers

Bacteria possess built-in machinery that track the shape and quality of proteins trying to pass through its cytoplasmic membrane, Cornell biomolecular engineers report. (Aug. 2, 2012)

Robert Beck, former Hotel School dean, dies at 91

Beck, who led Cornell's School of Hotel Administration as dean from 1961 to 1981, died July 31 in Redding, Conn. (Aug. 2, 2012)

Susan Henry wins prestigious award in lipid biochemistry

Susan Henry, professor of molecular biology and genetics and former dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has won the 2013 Avanti Award in Lipids. (Aug. 1, 2012)

Panelists: Creativity in science can and should be fostered

Five renowned panelists spoke to international veterinary students and others about the need to foster creativity in the sciences July 30 on campus. (Aug. 1, 2012)

Jan Allen named associate dean for academic and student affairs at Graduate School

Jan Allen, an associate dean at Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, has been named associate dean for academic and student affairs at Cornell's Graduate School, effective Aug. 15. (Aug. 1, 2012)

Willow grant could speed development of promising bioenergy crop

Cornell has received $1.37 million to study the genetics of superior growth in hybrids of shrub willow, a fast-growing, perennial cool-climate woody plant.

Samuels publishes books on 19th-century literature and Lincoln's prose

Shirley Samuels, professor of English, is the author of 'Reading the American Novel 1780-1865,' and 'The Cambridge Companion to Abraham Lincoln.'

Public invited to join Cornell astronomers to view rover's late-night Mars landing

The public is invited to watch history as the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, Curiosity, attempts to land on Mars during the early morning of Aug. 6.

Stem cells create new heart cells in baby mice, but not in adults, study shows

A new study by Cornell and University of Bonn researchers found that stem cells do not create new heart cells in adult mice after a heart attack, settling a decades-old controversy. (July 30, 2012)

The name game: Contest seeks names for two new grapes

Cornell scientists are asking the public for names for two new wine grape varieties that will be released from their breeding program in 2013.

Professor Emeritus John P. Kramer, entomologist, dies

John P. Kramer, professor emeritus of entomology and an expert on microbial diseases of insects, died July 26 at age 84.

Poetics should take priority, Culler asserts in SCT lecture

Jonathan Culler defined the lyric and argued for poetics taking priority in literary studies in his July 24 lecture for the School of Criticism and Theory.