Professor Robert Weiss has found that when two particular genes are inhibited, cancer cells are destroyed at a greater rate. The study is published in the Nov. 9 issue of PNAS. (Nov. 10, 2009)
The 10 students selected as winners of the 2009 New Student Reading Project essay contest will each receive $200 worth of books and have their essays published on the Reading Project Web site. (Nov. 9, 2009)
Minority Cornell graduates returned to campus Nov. 7 to advise current students on how to find careers and enjoy their time on the Hill. (Nov. 9, 2009)
A Cornell research team has invented a simple way to make graphene electrical devices by growing the graphene directly onto a silicon wafer. (Nov. 9, 2009)
Some 93 million Americans do not have the numerical skills necessary to make well-informed decisions about their medical care, reports a Cornell professor, who has some suggestions on changing that. (Nov. 9, 2009)
Many students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences can now take a host of courses to learn science for the real world, while satisfying their life sciences distribution requirements. (Nov. 9, 2009)
A Nov. 20 seminar in the new Entrepreneurship Seminar Series in the East Hill Office Building will focus on tips and strategies for getting an idea ready for market. (Nov. 9, 2009)
On Nov. 6 Provost Kent Fuchs announced that the reports of the 20 strategic planning task forces are available and that public discussions on six of the reports will be held in the coming weeks.
In a Nov. 4 talk, Daniel Libeskind described how his experiences growing up in post-war Poland, his immigration to America as a teenager and his identity as a Jew have shaped his architectural vision. (Nov. 6, 2009)