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Symposium to honor Isaac Kramnick for achievements May 30

Colleagues and former students will honor four decades of scholarship, teaching and service to Cornell by Isaac Kramnick in a May 30 symposium.

Course helps hone design for Hospicare expansion

Students from a variety of Cornell majors presented patient-centric ideas for a proposed expansion of Hospicare and Palliative Care Services of Tompkins County.

Cornell humanitarians honored in Anabel Taylor exhibit

Current students have identified the first 25 members of what they hope will be a permanent hall of fame to honor Cornellians who have given time and energy to human rights causes.

Eames-Sheavly's botanical art classes teach how to 'see'

Marcia Eames-Sheavly '83, a senior lecturer and senior extension associate in the Horticulture Section, shares her passion for botanical illustration. A show of her work opened May 4 at Cornell Plantations.

Biomolecular engineering gift aids graduate students

In March, Trustee Emeritus Sam Fleming ’62 and his wife, Nancy Fleming, made a $5 million gift to create new graduate fellowships in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

Soft robot to swim through Europa's oceans

A Cornell engineering team has received a $100,000 starter grant from NASA to develop a soft, swimming robot suitable for exploring the harsh conditions of other worlds, notably Jupiter's moon Europa.

Lab of Ornithology wildlife film explores sagebrush species

The wildlife documentary, "The Sagebrush Sea" – the first broadcast film produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology – will air on PBS Nature May 20 at 8 p.m. EDT.

Carl Sagan Institute sets sail to explore the 'cosmic ocean'

Wading ankle-deep along the shore of the cosmic ocean, scientists from around the world gathered at Cornell May 9 to celebrate and inaugurate the university’s Carl Sagan Institute: Pale Blue Dot & Beyond.

Inside Medicine at Weill Cornell: Meeting in the middle

Actress Jennifer Harmon, 71, is mentoring Weill Cornell medical students and sharing experiences as a patient through the Longitudinal Educational Experience Advancing Patient Partnerships program.

On planes, savory tomato becomes favored flavor

In studying how airplane noise affects the palate, Cornell food scientists have found sweetness suppressed and umami- the sweet, savory taste of amino acids such as glutamate - enhanced.

Computation bringing 3-D imaging to light

Suren Jayasuriya, a graduate student in the lab of Alyosha Molnar, is developing a 3-D camera with specially designed image sensors that could lead to previously unimagined applications.

Film about sexual assault on campuses prompts dialogue

A panel discussion following a screening of the film "The Hunting Ground," May 4 focused on the reporting of incidences of sexual assault at Cornell, the university's responses to these incidents and its efforts to change campus culture.