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Obendorf receives highest award from trade association

Professor S. Kay Obendorf has garnered the top award from the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists for her achievements. (May 4, 2010)

Students' hip-hop hit hot: Recording by B.o.B. and Eminem jumps to iTunes No. 2

A Cornell student and a recent grad have hit it hot: Their hip-hop song jumped to No. 2 on the iTunes' singles chart just days after its release and has been recorded by stars Eminem and B.o.B. (May 3, 2010)

Researchers pin down the elusive masses of up, down and strange quarks

A research group co-founded by Cornell physics professor G. Peter Lepage has calculated the mass of the three lightest and, therefore, most elusive quarks: up, down and strange. (May 3, 2010)

Power from trash and biomass could save cash and carbon, feasibility study shows

A $250,000 feasibility study reports that the proposed Cornell University Renewable Bioenergy Initiative could produce $2 million a year in energy using campus-area renewable resources. (May 3, 2010)

Student project wins $75,000 for drinking water technology

AguaClara's dose controller research group won the cash prize, which will support water treatment technology development, from the Environmental Protection Agency's P3 Competition. (May 3, 2010)

CU's Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducts juniors for first time

Cornell's Phi Beta Kappa has for the first time inducted juniors: The top 3 percent of the College of Arts and Sciences juniors were inducted with the top 10 percent of the college's senior class. (May 3, 2010)

Historian Mary Beth Norton elected to American Philosophical Society

Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Professor of American History, was elected to the American Philosophical Society April 24. (May 3, 2010)

Dan Luo receives first Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial Board Award

Dan Luo, associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, will receive an editorial board award from the journal for his significant contribution to the materials chemistry field. (May 3, 2010)

Entomology Library to consolidate with Mann Library

Cornell's entomology collection in Mann Library and the Comstock Memorial Library of Entomology will be united under one roof as the Comstock library facility closes. (May 3, 2010)

Property outlaws can improve the system, Peñalver argues

Sometimes, says Cornell law professor Eduardo Penalver in a new book, breaking property laws can be a vital step toward changing a legal system, and a society, for the better. (May 3, 2010)

Arecibo telescope tracks 'potentially dangerous' asteroid within 1.5 million miles of Earth

A near-Earth asteroid named 2005 YU55 - on the list of potentially dangerous asteroids - was observed by the Arecibo telescope April 19 as it passed about 1.5 million miles from the Earth. (April 30, 2010)

PCCW celebrates 20 years of helping, engaging CU women

The President's Council of Cornell Women - 358 highly successful alumnae who advocate on behalf of Cornell women - celebrates its 20th year with gala events on campus April 29-May 1. (April 30, 2010)