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Weill Cornell's Lamon earns Hartwell fellowship

Weill Cornell's Brian Lamon is the recipient of a $100,000 Biomedical Research Fellowship from the Hartwell Foundation. (April 15, 2009)

Joint symposium to explore business and medicine

Weill Cornell Medical College and the Johnson School will co-host the Cornell Business Medicine Symposium April 30 from 3 to 8 p.m. in WCMC's Uris Auditorium in New York City. (April 15, 2009)

eLab helps nurture nine undergraduate student businesses

Student Agencies eLab, the nonprofit accelerator for undergraduate businesses, is helping nine student groups this semester develop and grow their business ideas.

Sudanese scholar finds freedom to write at Cornell

Ushari Khalil is on campus this year to lecture and write about his advocacy on behalf of children and displaced populations in Sudan -- work that has put him at risk there. (April 14, 2009)

Library scales back on books, journals, databases

Facing the same budgetary challenges as the university in the coming year, Cornell University Library will reduce acquisitions of library materials by 7.1 percent for fiscal year 2010. (April 14, 2009)

Cornell researchers discover mechanism that increases SARS virulence

Cornell researchers have discovered key properties in coronaviruses that help explain how such viruses as SARS invade their hosts and cross species barriers.

Cornell is an academic 'feast,' says Jay Walker '77, Entrepreneur of the Year

Digital age pioneer Jay Walker, ILR '77, founder of Priceline.com and Cornell's 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year, talks about his college years, his life and his career.

Scheinman Institute partners with American Arbitration Association

An unprecedented partnership between the ILR School's Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution and the American Arbitration Association begins this year with a series of seminars. (April 14, 2009)

Alumni elect representatives to board of trustees

Paul Salvatore '81, J.D. '84, and Eileen (McManus) Walker '76, MBA '78, have been elected by alumni to the Cornell Board of Trustees. They will serve four-year terms starting July 1. (April 14, 2009)

Skorton designated a 'master' of American College of Cardiology

Cornell President David J. Skorton, a prominent cardiologist, was awarded the Master of the American College of Cardiology designation at the 58th recent ACC meeting in Orlando, Fla. (April 14, 2009)

'Big Idea' finalists fine-tune business ideas -- from glowing pillows to Peruvian clothes

The finale of the 'Big Idea' competition will be April 17 in the Statler ballroom, where finalists will present three-minute pitches. Winners will be chosen based on judges' scores and audience votes. (April 13, 2009)

In face of competition, male fruit flies change to gain reproductive edge

A new study published in the journal Current Biology shows that male fruit flies that sense competition during mating make their seminal fluid more potent by packing it with more proteins. (April 13, 2009)