A Cornell student who graduated in December won the top prize at an international conference for a dress she designed and created while a student. The dress features 2,000 shell buttons. (June 19, 2009)
Replacing the gasoline economy with better batteries may be accelerated thanks to unique battery testing capabilities at Cornell, and anchored by a new testing and prototyping center that the university helped to establish.
The relationship between law enforcement and minority communities was viewed through the lens of hip-hop music at a panel discussion in Ithaca Feb. 20, "WOOP WOOP! That's the Sound of da Police!"
A three-story yellow balloon suspended over the sculpture court at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art is part of an upcoming exhibition focusing on Tata Motors' Nano automobile. (Dec. 15, 2010)
Led by creatively costumed students, the guest of honor at Cornell's 110th Dragon Day March 18 was a mostly steel beast constructed by first-year architecture students. (March 18, 2011)
Events on campus include jazz and classical performances, glass sea creatures and a fall party at the Johnson Museum, a book talk on roads in the Himalayas and a reading by poet and novelist Ron Rash.
Students have created a performance piece based on the life of A.D. White, in which the audience and the A.D. White House will be a part of performances Feb. 16-18.
In their 'PhDivas' podcast, scholars Liz Wayne and Christine Yao find common ground across the STEM-humanities divide with wit and insight on contemporary culture, social issues and life in academia.
Cameras in nursing home bedrooms aim to protect the elderly, but according to new Cornell-led research they also raise tensions around issues of privacy, safety and dignity – and may even endanger the people they’re supposed to help.