Pledge cards for the 2012-13 United Way of Tompkins County campaign have been distributed, and various events lined up to help reach this year's Cornell campaign goal of $815,000.
Richard Baker '88, a classic American success story in real estate who gave $11 million to Cornell's Program in Real Estate earlier this year, spoke on campus Oct. 23. (Oct. 31, 2012)
In a message to the community, President David Skorton gives an update on the impact and response to Hurricane Sandy at Cornell locations in New York City, across the state, in the Northeast and in Haiti. (Oct. 31, 2012)
Materials scientists have developed a simple, robust way to fabricate carbon-free and polymer-free, lightweight colloidal films for lithium-ion battery electrodes. (Oct. 30, 2012)
Cornell researchers have created platinum-cobalt nanoparticles that make improved fuel-cell catalysts using smaller amounts of expensive platinum. (Oct. 30, 2012)
Stephanie Ball '13 used to think that sending clothing to Haitians would help them weather their economic difficulties. A service-learning trip to Haiti changed her mind. (Oct. 30, 2012)
In his new book, 'The Joy of X,' math professor Steve Strogatz offers a 'guided tour of math' to general readers to engage the public with math and its relation to other subjects. (Oct. 30, 2012)
A student organization is producing 'bare,' a modern retelling of 'Romeo and Juliet' that centers on two closeted gay boys in a Catholic boarding school, in Risley Theatre Nov. 1-10. (Oct. 30, 2012)
Cornell University Library will open its new exhibition, 'Wardrobes and Rabbit Holes: A Dark History of Children's Literature,' Nov. 7 with a lecture by award-winning author M.T. Anderson. (Oct. 30, 2012)
Alumni, faculty, students and friends of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering celebrated Jack Muckstadt's retirement Oct. 25-26 with a poster session and symposium. (Oct. 30, 2012)
The Fourth Eurasian Archaeology Conference Oct. 11-13 explored the uneven process of historical transformation and the temporal rhythms of social life. (Oct. 30, 2012)
