Small Business: Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace allow you to find and connect with just about anyone, from a coworker in a neighboring cube to the girl who played Emily in your high school production of "Our Town" thirty years ago. Browsing these sites can make you feel connected to a larger community, but such easy, casual connection in an electronic environment can also have its downside. Read more
More than 125 students brainstormed, coded and met with community nonprofits as they sought solutions to problems as part of the Random Hacks of Kindness event Nov. 13-15 on campus. Read more
At a Cornell Silicon Valley presentation Nov. 11, college deans and others discussed ways to foster innovation between technology and the arts. The Johnson Museum will also create new courses. Read more
Business Insider: Graphene is one of the the world's thinnest yet strongest and most pliable materials ever created. This simple sheet lattice of carbon atoms has incredible heat and energy conducting properties, giving it the potential to revolutionize everything from medicine to electrical engineering and physics. Its applications are seemingly endless. Read more
Cornell Tech and the College of Engineering have announced a new Master of Engineering degree in Operations Research and Information Engineering based at the tech campus in New York City. Read more
Local and campus leaders met to recognize town-gown partnerships and celebrate the long history of cooperation for mutual benefit that the university, city and county have enjoyed. Read more
Cornell biomedical engineers have developed specialized white blood cells – dubbed super natural killer cells – that seek out cancer cells in lymph nodes with only one purpose: destroy them. Read more
Last month, a team of Cornell staff, graduate students and faculty members attended workshops in and around Reykjavik to learn more about geothermal resources and science in collaboration with Icelandic energy leaders. Read more
Six Cornell researchers will receive grants totaling $2.4 million as part of the National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program. Read more
The Runway Startup Postdoc Program – described as part business school, part research institution, part startup incubator – is designed to advance the participants' research and launch new business ventures. Read more
