The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first clinical trial in humans of brightly glowing 'Cornell Dots' to aid in diagnosing and treating cancer. (Jan. 31, 2011)
Wayne Harbert, professor of linguistics and director of undergraduate studies for the department, translates Old English kennings about swords from firsthand experience with blacksmithing. (July 21, 2010)
Alan Renwick, a senior scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., located on the Cornell campus, will lecture in Marseille, France, Nov. 16, on how plant chemicals change the taste sensation for insects.
Clint Sidle is director of the Roy H. Park Leadership Fellows Program at the Johnson School, discusses how the program trains business leaders to avoid the excesses of Wall Street greed. (Dec. 17, 2009)
Itai Cohen, William Dichtel, Tobias Hanrath, Eun-Ah Kim and Cynthia Reinhart-King are recent recipients of National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards. (Jan. 19, 2011)
John (Jack) E. Oliver, Cornell professor emeritus of earth and atmospheric sciences and a founding contributor to the theory of plate tectonics, died Jan. 5 at his home in Ithaca. (Jan. 10, 2011)
Winners in Cornell's seventh annual Book Collection Contest include the owners of a book collection about interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and of a collection of Mark Strand publications.
More than 12,000 Cornell fans rooted for Big Red hockey at Madison Square Garden Nov. 28, when the team took on Boston University. The game ended in overtime with a tie of 3-3. (Nov. 30, 2009)
Galen D. Stucky, professor of chemistry at the University of California-Santa Barbara, will present the Herbert H. Johnson Memorial Lectures on campus Nov. 6.