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Students help fledgling businesses in the developing world

As part of the SMART Program, 22 students spent up to three weeks over winter break in a developing country, providing technical assistance and analytical support to underserved companies. (March 16, 2010)

New York student wins High School Fashion Design Award

Sarah Song, a student at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg, N.Y., is the winner of the first High School Fashion Design Award from the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design. (March 16, 2010)

Students toil -- designing, pinning, sewing, fitting -- to produce fashion show

More than 70 students showed off their original designs at 'Once Upon a Runway,' the 26th annual Cornell Design League fashion show, at Barton Hall, March 13.

'Theory Now' looks at state of literary theory

Leading scholars and theorists gathered to discuss the current state of literary theory at a recent conference hosted by the Department of English. (March 16, 2010)

Collaboration with IBM to speed up 'the cloud'

Computer scientist Hakim Weatherspoon has earned a $20,000 IBM faculty award to study and enhance cloud computing in collaboration with Hani Jamjoom, M.Eng. '97. (March 16, 2010)

Art historian fights to rescue historic plaster cast collection

Cornell's historic plaster cast collection - copies of famous statues - should be rescued and restored, because it's more valuable than ever, says art historian Annetta Alexandridis. (March 16, 2010)

New York state funds new battery research at Cornell

Emmanuel Giannelis and others will work with New York-based Primet Precision Materials Inc. to develop a family of novel electrolytes for advanced batteries with improved electrochemical stability. (March 15, 2010)

Culler's literary theory work resounds around the world

Scholars from around the world say that the literary theory work of Jonathan Culler has profoundly influenced them. (March 15, 2010)

Mobile site and iPhone app make Cornell Library portable

Cornell University Library releases new mobile computing devices that give students and faculty on-the-go access to library holdings. (March 15, 2010)

Students apply Arabic language skills in Jordan

Twelve students, the pilot group in the Intensive Arabic Program, are speaking and writing in Arabic this semester while engaging with the culture and studying at a university in Amman, Jordan. (March 15, 2010)

Coat can charge cell phone, iPod, MP3 player

Abbey Liebman '10 designed a solar-powered jacket that captures the sun's rays to charge cell phones, iPods and other handheld devices. It debuted at the Cornell Design League Fashion Show March 13.

Cornell plays role in 'State of the Birds' report showing climate change threatens hundreds of species

Climate changes will have an increasingly disruptive effect on bird species in all habitats, with oceanic and Hawaiian birds in greatest peril, according to a new report on the state of birds. (March 15, 2010)