To design and mass-produce an automobile selling for around $2,200 is no easy feat.  Beginning this winter break, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum will exhibit a true piece of art — Tata Motors' revolutionary car, the Tata Nano.

Last Thursday, Dan Hancock, Vice President of Global Power-train Engineering at General Motors, drove to the university in a prototype automobile, and gave a lecture in Olin Hall about developmental propulsion technologies from the automobile manufacturer, General Motors. 

Hancock described three developmental programs: gas-efficient, hybrid and electric cars.

Amiel Vural ’11 was hit by an oncoming vehicle last night at around 9:05 p.m. He was leaving Baker Hall after an exam and was struck on the East Avenue crosswalk. Vural was alert and conscious after the incident, although he was taken to Cayuga Medical Center by ambulance, according to Simeon Moss ’73, director of Cornell Press Relations.

The driver, Marc Silberman ’12, has been charged with a violation for failing to yield the right of way to a pedestrian at a crosswalk. Silberman was issued a summons to appear in Ithaca City Court.

Many students were leaving Baker Hall after a prelim when the accident happened. According to student witnesses, the “pouring rain” at that time might have contributed to the accident.