C’Dots, silica-encased nanoparticles developed in the lab of engineering professor Ulrich Wiesner, have just begun their first therapeutic human clinical trial. They’re being further developed by Elucida Oncology Inc., a company co-founded by Wiesner.
Tickets can be purchased through Jan. 19 for Cornell’s Winter Employee Celebration, to be held Jan. 28. Tickets for Cornell faculty, staff, retirees and their families include dinner and men's basketball.
The nine undergrads will be arriving on campus through December, thanks to robust international and cross-campus collaborations. Cornell has pledged support until they graduate.
Events at Cornell include a statewide student film festival, a book and CD release for J. Robert Lennon, and Cornell's annual all-campus traditional Thanksgiving feast.
Events on campus this week include a book talk on the American Dream, 150 bugs at Insectapalooza, The Big Draw at the Johnson Museum, a classic horror film in Sage Chapel and Halloween treats.
The seminar explores the ways in which women, people of color and others have been marginalized in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and how to address exclusion.
Events this week include a memorial celebration of Susan Christopherson's life and work, collegial collaborators Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Dagmawi Woubshet, and "Psycho" in Willard Straight Hall.
The results of Cornell's Housing Master Plan survey taken last spring show that housing preferences for first year, upper division undergraduate and graduate/professional students differ somewhat, but all look for easy access to many of the same amenities.
Students aim to reduce aviation emissions, support farmworkers and improve a New York animal shelter with the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement’s Serve in Place awards.