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Tell us a story, Santa!

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Director Frank Robinson, dressed as Santa Claus, reads 'T'was the Night Before Christmas' to children at the museum's holiday celebration Dec. 7. (Dec. 11, 2008)

7 birdscapes, all atwitter

A new pop-up book by Miyoko Chu, director of communications at Cornell's Lab of Ornithology, celebrates diverse bird sounds in contrasting landscapes through art and audio. (Dec. 11, 2008)

Cornell sustainability center hiring researchers to explore new frontiers of climate change

The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future will help hire three to five faculty members with expertise in climate change-related research. (Dec. 11, 2008)

Why an interdisciplinary biological research institute now?

Why have a number of research universities recently jumped on the bandwagon of building interdisciplinary institutes in the biomedical sciences? Cornell's Anthony Bretscher explains. (Dec. 11, 2008)

CU economist calls for 'stimulus shock and awe'<br /> for U.S. economy

One week after the National Bureau of Economic Research confirmed that the U.S. economy has been mired in a yearlong recession, economist Steven Kyle predicted that the financial tumult would continue well into 2009. (Dec. 10, 2008)

Cornell mourns the passing of one of its legends, 'Hot Truck Bob'

Robert C. Petrillose Sr., known to generations of patrons at Cornell as 'Hot Truck Bob,' died Dec. 8 in Elmira. (Dec. 10, 2008)

Researcher invents lethal 'lint brush' to capture and kill cancer cells in the bloodstream

Cornell researcher Michael King shows that a tiny, implantable device can capture and kill cancer cells in the bloodstream before they spread through the body. (Dec. 10, 2008)

Flap like a butterfly, hover like a bumblebee: Student's flapping wing vehicle is more stable than a helicopter

Cornell researchers have come up with a simple, inexpensive flapping wing vehicle that hovers as well as a hummingbird or a bumblebee - and might eventually be made just as small. (Dec. 10, 2008)

The e-mails, they are a-changin'

Starting in the spring, Cornell will move student e-mail service to outside vendors and convert faculty and staff e-mail to the Microsoft Exchange system. (Dec. 10, 2008)

Sustainable Tompkins honors three Cornell projects

Cornell's efforts in renewable bioenergy, green building and sustainable living were honored at this year's Sustainable Tompkins' Annual Holiday Party Dec. 7 in Ithaca. (Dec. 10, 2008)

Students design exercise and physical therapy spaces for Kendal residents

Interior design and behavioral science students collaborated on a project this semester to design new fitness and physical therapy spaces at Kendal at Ithaca. They built full-scale models of their proposed solutions. (Dec. 9, 2008)

Malware strikes campus computers

More than 100 Windows computers on campus were infected with a dangerous computer worm because people were taken in by deceptive e-mails.