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Research seeks to prevent additional long-term damage following heart attack

Robin Davisson and colleagues are studying how the sympathetic nervous system responds after a heart attack. (Feb. 18, 2009)

'Memory and Memorial': Peter Eisenman details German Holocaust memorial project

Architect Peter Eisenman '56 made his debut as a visiting Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor with three days of events including a public lecture on his Holocaust memorial project in Germany. (Feb. 18, 2009)

Playwrights Weekend welcomes alumni and presents new contest-winning play

The Alumni Playwrights Reunion Weekend at the Schwartz Center will welcome back five accomplished Cornellians and will feature readings of their work, a roundtable discussion and a new play.

Writers to discuss writing careers and craft

The three alumni fiction writers will discuss their careers Feb. 20 at 2:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. (Feb. 18, 2009)

Environmental review of transportation plan moves forward

The Town of Ithaca has adopted a findings statement on Cornell's transportation-focused Generic Environmental Impact Statement. (Feb. 18, 2009)

Weiss fellow nominations sought to recognize teaching

Cornell faculty, academic staff and students are invited to nominate tenured faculty members for the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows Award.

Intercampus research team develops artificial skin, heart valves and blood vessels

Chih-Chang 'C.C.' Chu works with Cornell engineers and medical researchers to develop artificial skin, heart valves and blood vessels.

TCAT proposes minor changes to four Cornell routes

TCAT is proposing changes to several bus routes that would affect the Cornell campus. (Feb. 17, 2009)

Weill Cornell, Ithaca researchers use cotton candy to create new blood-flow routes

Using a cotton candy machine, a team of physicians and scientists from Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Ithaca campus may have developed a way to create engineered tissue. (Feb. 17, 2009)

Good farm management can preserve nature without yield losses, says professor at AAAS

With proper management practices, farmers could grow crops while maintaining ecosystem services, said Cornell professor Alison Power during her AAAS presentation in Chicago. (Feb. 17, 2009)

At AAAS, Cornell physicists stress need to maintain U.S. prominence in accelerator science

Cornell physicists Maury Tigner and Ernest Fontes spoke on the future of accelerator-based science at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Feb. 17, 2009)

New student team aims to create biomachines that destroy pollutants, cancer cells

The Cornell International Genetically Engineered Machines student project team, formed this year, uses biological, not mechanical, components to make machines. (Feb. 17, 2009)