Imagine T-shirts that light up, or a beach umbrella that collects solar energy to run a portable TV. How about really cheap solar collectors for the roof?
All this and more could come from cutting-edge research at Cornell that…
Yasuko Nakanishi Whitman, senior lecturer in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell, died Aug. 4 at her home in Ithaca. She was 53.
Nakanishi was born in 1952 in Shigaraki, Shiga prefecture, Japan. She graduated from Tamagawa…
Karl Browne
Patrick Dougherty's 42-foot-tall "Roundabout" at the Tallaght Community Art Center, Dublin, Ireland, 1997.
One doesn't expect to happen upon a contemporary art installation made entirely of tree saplings in…
A woman from Liberia and a former child soldier from Uganda have won the right to asylum in the United States, with the help of Cornell Law School students who provided them with legal assistance.
"One year, I took a map of the [state] fairgrounds and colored in all the 4-H exhibits," said Celeste Carmichael, the 4-H youth development program specialist who has helped coordinate Cornell-related 4-H events at the Great New…
For many Cornell students, such as the 37 undergraduate and graduate students participating in the fifth Cornell Urban Scholars Program (CUSP) summer internship program in New York City, education is enhanced with work far beyond…
Bridging the Gap
This summer saw several regional firsts for Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q). The medical college, in Education City, Doha, initiated a new training program in Qatar for medical interpreters as an…
Three lifelong residents of New Orleans delivered a clear reminder to "stay active" during a panel discussion, "Katrina: One Year Later," held Aug 31 at Cornell. They also urged that concerted efforts be made to bring back more…
A Cornell professor and a graduate student each walked away with major awards at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), held Aug. 5 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.
Maureen Hanson, the…
Cornell has been named one of the "Best Employers for Workers over 50" for the second consecutive year by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
The association honors 50 employers in the United States each year for…
Joe Wilensky/Cornell ChronicleMembers of the University Carpenter Shop move the Joseph N. Pew sundial off the Engineering Quad to prepare it for minor repairs.
The Joseph N. Pew sundial, which normally occupies a corner of the…
Cornell has a tradition of celebrating inaugurations with original ice cream flavors that express the tastes and even philosophies of its newly minted president.
Now there's Banana-Berry Skorton, a jazzy chocolate-based premium…
