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Multimode waveguides bring light around corners for compact photonic chips

A Cornell innovation in photonic chip design could offer vastly increased bandwidth for fiber-optic communication. (Dec. 13, 2012)

Artists Siena and Close discuss the craft of image-building

Chuck Close and James Siena '79 critiqued each others' works in a discussion of process and art making at the Eli Broad Lecture, held Dec. 5 in Manhattan. (Dec. 13, 2012)

Bartels recognize Cornell's outstanding custodians

Phil '71 and Susan Bartels returned to Cornell Dec. 3 to recognize the recipients of the 2012 Bartels Award for Custodial Service Excellence and Bartels Scholarship for employees and their children. (Dec. 13, 2012)

Macroeconomist Uri Possen dies at age 70

An expert in public finance and monetary economics, Possen worked in the area of Keynesian economics. (Dec. 13, 2012)

Things to Do, Dec. 14-Jan. 18

Events on campus include Cornell Library displays on the Morrill Land Grant Act, a free holiday film in Bailey Hall, and an annual agribusiness conference. (Dec. 13, 2012)

Awards recognize Cornell-community collaborations

President David Skorton and senior leaders presented the annual Cornell Town-Gown (TOGO) Awards Dec. 8, celebrating with community leaders the partnerships between Cornell and local organizations.

Religious studies important to sustainability, says professor

Jane Marie Law, associate professor of Japanese religion, explains how religion relates to sustainability, in a Dec. 6 talk sponsored by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. (Dec. 12, 2012)

Assemblies Update, Week of Dec. 10

An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Dec. 12, 2012)

Northeast sees second-driest November since 1895

November 2012 went into the record books as the second-driest November since 1895 in the Northeast. (Dec. 11, 2012)

Students create campus meditation room to help Cornellians de-stress

When the grind of classes or work intensifies, Cornell students, faculty and staff have a new retreat: a meditation and reflection space in Mews Hall, designed and built by students. (Dec. 11, 2012)

Potdar wins Cornell Concerto Competition

Pianist Vikram Potdar '14 is the winner of the ninth annual Cornell Concerto Competition, held Dec. 9. He will perform his winning concerto with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra on March 7, 2013. (Dec. 11, 2012)

For honest voting, write a message the 'man in the middle' can't intercept

Cornell computer scientists have developed a new way to send a 'non-malleable' message - one that cannot be altered by a third party - over a computer network. (Dec. 10, 2012)