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White House honors ILR student's disability advocacy

ILR School student Brian Meersma ’18 was honored at the White House July 27 for his work on behalf of people with disabilities. A dyslexic, Meersma uses technology to read, study and take tests.

Meet Ryan Lombardi, new VP for student and campus life

Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life as of Aug. 1, shares his thoughts on the division's role on campus, his role as leader of a student-focused organization and the challenges facing students today.

Piano music through the ages celebrated at festival Aug. 5-9

The Westfield Center's "Forte/Piano" festival Aug. 5-9 will celebrate pianos and piano music as the instrument has evolved from the early 18th century to today, with concerts, lectures and recitals.

Scientists study 'peanut-shaped' asteroid near Earth

A mile-long asteroid that raced past Earth July 25 at about 45,000 miles per hour was imaged by radar telescopes so that astronomers like Cornell's Sean Marshall could discern its precise orbit and physical shape.

37 Latin American students jump into summer research

Thirty-seven students from Latin America have been working with research faculty on campus as part of CienciAmerica, an eight-week summer program at Cornell.

Racial segregation takes new forms, study shows

Daniel Lichter finds racial segregation in the U.S. takes new forms as segregation from neighborhood to neighborhood decreases but suburban communities are becoming increasingly racially homogenous.

K-12 'classroom in a test tube' program expands with grant

A program that develops science educational materials that use live Tetrahymena, a single-celled protozoan, to address key biology concepts is expanding, thanks to a five-year, $1.25 million grant.

Awards nurture Cornell, N.Y. industry partnerships

Center for Advanced Technology awards support Cornell life science faculty and research associates to develop biotechnologies with commercial potential.

Like paper, graphene twists, folds into nanoscale machines

Physicists have demonstrated the application of kirigami on 10-micron sheets of graphene, which they can cut, fold and twist. The research could pave the way for some of the smallest machines the world has ever known.

'Redshirting' kids yields no advantage in higher education

Holding children back a year from entering kindergarten has no impact on their ultimate performance in graduate school, and could lead to a loss in income, researchers Kevin Kniffin and Drew Hanks find.

Physicists close in on world's most sensitive resonators

Cornell physicists in the lab of Mukund Vengalattore have developed a novel method of manipulating mechanical resonators to be sensitive enough to work at the quantum scale.

Rebranded hotels rejuvenate their profits

Checking in to whether the brand names of hotels matter, business researchers find that occupancy rates after rebranding – properties that change from one franchise to another – increase over 6 percent.