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The art of Polaroid photography: Exhibit on the 'one-step photography' showcases decades of innovation

Polaroid photography didn't only bring the "picture in a minute" thrill of near-instant gratification to a world of snapshooters -- it also gave artists a powerful photographic medium, as a current exhibit at the Herbert F…

Architect Koolhaas unveils Milstein Hall design: A 'miracle box' to unify AAP campus

OMAAn artist's rendering of a view of Milstein Hall, connecting Sibley and Rand halls.   Milstein Hall, the newest building of Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), will be many things for many people: a…

Third time's the charm: Milstein Hall back on track

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is the third architectural firm chosen to take on the Milstein Hall project for Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP). "The project has had a checkered past," AAP…

Filmmaker Abby Ginzberg '71 profiles a judge's inspiring career in 'Soul of Justice'

Coming to Cornell Cinema on Sept. 27: filmmaker Abby Ginzberg '71 and her award-winning documentary that profiles a black federal judge's life and career. Ginzberg will introduce her film, "Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson's…

Two Cornell students selected for microbiology institute

Two Cornell graduate students were selected from a national pool to attend the 2006 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Robert J. Kadner Institute for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Students in Preparation for Careers in…

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Skorton to share stage at Weill Cornell Medical College, Sept. 26

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will speak to the Cornell community at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, Tuesday, Sept. 26. The talk, in the college's Uris Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., also will be shown live on…

Cornell Formula SAE team wins 'Toronto Shootout'

Cornell's Formula SAE team took first place in the fifth annual University of Toronto Shootout, Sept. 16, a regional race for student-built and -driven race cars. The Cornell team, whose primary mission is to build and drive a…

New device from CU physicist tests uncertainty principle to unprecedented level -- and shows that looks can cool

ProvidedA scanning electron microscope image of an aluminum and silicon nitride resonator coupled to a superconducting single electron transistor (SSET). Researchers watched the resonator move through a phenomenon known as…

Cornell's free online 'eClips Career Corner' provides job-hunting advice from industry experts

Job hunters can "eClips" the competition and make a great impression at that job interview with help from a free searchable database that's like having a virtual army of consultants at their command. Called Cornell's eClips…

Africana Center hosts symposium on power and nationalism in Africa

Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center and Institute for African Development will host a symposium, "Power and Nationalism in Modern Africa," Sept. 22-23 at 310 Triphammer Road. The conference is free and open to the…

'Wearable art' exhibit shows off student-created pieces

"Wearable" headphones and ear pads, dresses designed with the idea that "decoration may be transmittable," much like microbial infection, and a shoe design based on sea urchin shells are just three of the nine wearable art pieces…

Morten Christiansen awarded Ryskamp fellowship

Morten Christiansen, Cornell associate professor of psychology, has been awarded a 2005-06 Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. Christiansen was selected from a pool of 161…