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Cornell astronomer describes 'an eerily beautiful sight' as Cassini mission finds faint new rings around Saturn

Saturn presents an eerily beautiful face -- 57 million miles from Earth. Cornell astronomers and colleagues on NASA's Cassini mission presented the images at a recent conference.

Africana Center's reading project begins with Angela Davis book on abolishing prisons

Historian and activist Angela Davis' 2003 book 'Are Prisons Obsolete?' is the inaugural title of an annual reading project at Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center.

Trustee Kevin McGovern '70 named Cornell 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year

Kevin McGovern '70, chairman and CEO of McGovern Capital and a founder or key shareholder in more than 15 companies, has been named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2007. He will be honored on campus during the Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration.

Raffaello D'Andrea's robotic chair creates stir online, falling apart and reassembling itself

A seemingly simple, sturdy, wood-veneer chair has become an online video hit. With its 'brain' in its seat, the chair collapses into a disheveled, disconnected heap; its legs then slowly find each corner of the base, connect back together and eventually, the chair stands upright.

Microsoft pact will digitize thousands of books published before 1923 for online checkout at Cornell Library

Cornell University Library has signed a partnership with Microsoft Corp. that will add books published before 1923 to its online collections, making 'checking out' books even easier.

King Lear goes to court in 'Law and Order' spinoff at Weill Cornell

In 'Law and Order: Elizabethan Unit' Sept. 20, real actors and real attorneys played parts in the trial of King Lear v. Goneril and Regan, part of Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Series.

Textiles and Apparel department becomes Fiber Science and Apparel Design

The Department of Textiles and Apparel in the College of Human Ecology will be the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, beginning next semester.

Irresistible insect images from Insectapalooza

Three floors of Comstock Hall were transformed into a multilegged extravaganza Oct. 14 for Insectapalooza 2006 -- the Department of Entomology's annual open house.

How Cornell seeks to maximize student economic diversity in an age of escalating tuition costs

Cornell has put together special financial-aid packages to attract high-caliber students who otherwise could not afford an Ivy League education. These efforts are starting to pay off in terms of both economic and racial diversity on campus.

Selling the 'transformational idea': Cornell readies the launch of its capital campaign's public phase

As Cornell prepares to unveil its five-year campaign goal, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Charlie Phlegar sat down with the Cornell Chronicle editors to answer questions about the upcoming launch of the campaign's public phase.

Leave the skates on Earth -- Cornell researchers find no evidence of ice reserves on the moon

Alas, the moon is not for winter sports. Never mind the difficulty of a triple axel in a bulky spacesuit (though the diminished gravity might help) -- ice, it turns out, is hard to come by up there.

Filmmaker Doug Block '75 explores his family's hidden history

Filmmaker Doug Block '75 brings his film-festival hit, '51 Birch Street,' a personal documentary about his parents' marriage, to Cornell Cinema Oct. 24.