Teens tend to do significantly better academically and behaviorally when they live with both biological parents, but only when their parents do not argue a lot. If they do, the results are more mixed. (May 29, 2009)
Graduate students will spend the summer and upcoming school year working with area teachers on science curricula, supported by a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to Cornell. (May 29, 2009)
The State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence recognizes seniors who integrate academic excellence with accomplishments in leadership, athletics, community service and the arts. (May 29, 2009)
The Cornell Board of Trustees filled 11 trustee-at-large vacancies and another from the field of agriculture May 23. It also elected one new vice chair and re-elected three vice chairs to its leadership. (May 29, 2009)
Cornell's Bioacoustics Research Program helped confirm, for the first time in New York coastal waters, the voices of singing blue whales. (May 28, 2009)
In 'Part and Apart: The Black Experience at Cornell, 1865-1945,' historian Carol Kammen pieces together a picture of African-American student life in the university's first 80 years. (May 28, 2009)
Creating community partnerships and developing new techniques to share information are key ways that Cornell and other U.S. universities can help developing countries, says Vice Provost Alice Pell. (May 28, 2009)
Authors and physicians weighed in on nutrition and women's health April 21 at the Iris Cantor Women's Health Center Annual Press Luncheon and Book-Signing event. (May 28, 2009)
Things to Do include an Al Gore video conference, Reunion Weekend and an Abrahamic Dialogue on faith, shared heritage and common values. (May 28, 2009)
Cornell has developed an online survey to gauge the interest of staff and faculty members about topics related to well-being, including mental and physical health and work/life balance. (May 28, 2009)
Eric and Elaine Adams made the most of the opportunities at Cornell. Now the longtime staffers are taking advantage of the Staff Retirement Incentive program and will relocate near their family. (May 28, 2009)