President David Skorton welcomed several thousand new and transfer students and their families huddled in Schoellkopf Stadium Aug. 18, on a morning with more than a hint of autumn in it. (Aug. 20, 2007)
The South Asia Program at Cornell will present films and a discussion with Indian film star and activist Shabana Azmi, Aug. 28 in Cornell's Alice Statler Auditorium. (Aug. 20, 2007)
Celebrating the fourth anniversary of the launch of the $800 million Spitzer Space Telescope, Professor Jim Houck, leader of Cornell's Spitzer team, says the telescope's greatest accomplishments are yet to come. (Aug. 20, 2007)
In a step toward understanding matter at its most fundamental levels, Cornell researchers have found that two rather conventional materials can be made to exhibit very unconventional properties when they interface. (Aug. 20, 2007)
More than 50 freshmen and transfer students spent the week before Orientation painting, weeding and cleaning in community projects around Ithaca as part of Cornell's Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST) program. (Aug. 17, 2007)
Technology Review magazine has named Assistant Professor Abraham Stroock '95 and Josh Bongard, a recent Cornell postdoctoral researcher, as 2007 Young Innovators under age 35. (Aug. 17, 2007)
Joycelyn R. Hart, associate vice president emerita for human relations and the first African-American woman in Cornell's senior administration, died Aug. 6 at her Ithaca home after a brief illness. (Aug. 17, 2007)
For undergraduates looking for the top program in engineering physics, Cornell is the best place to go, according to U.S. News and World Report. In overall rankings for 2008, Cornell tied for 12th best. (Aug. 17, 2007)
A self-described paleo-artist, John Gurche creates vivid sketches and paintings depicting prehistoric life. For the past several years, he has worked at PRI's Museum of the Earth as an artist-in-residence. (Aug. 16, 2007)
Researchers at Cornell and elsewhere have determined that 97.9 percent of all white rice comes from a mutation in a single gene and that early farmers favored, bred and spread white rice around the world. (Aug. 16, 2007)
