Chang Y. "Cy" Lee, professor of food science and chair of the Department of Food Science and Technology at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., was recently elected a fellow of the…
When the online journal Public Library of Science Medicine (PLoS Medicine) accepted a paper that provided new evidence that environmental pollutants reduce the effectiveness of childhood vaccinations, the editors turned to a…
The National Staff Development and Training Association (NSDTA) has given its Quality Award for 2006 to the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) curriculum, which is part of the Residential Child Care Project in the Family Life…
A Cornell group of agricultural and biological engineers received a Superior Paper Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASABE) in July for their paper's "exceptional merit" in contributing…
The first formal public event to be held in the newly renovated and refurbished Bailey Hall will be a scholarly kickoff to the inauguration of David J. Skorton as Cornell's 12th president. Robert Kagan, a senior associate in the…
Common scientific wisdom posits that a diverse ecosystem can still thrive if a species within it declines. But a new study found that when just one important species in a river declined, the ecosystem was seriously changed and…
It has been said that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, altered the course of U.S. history. Exactly five years later -- on Sept. 11, 2006 -- Cornell faculty members will offer relevant perspectives to this tragedy in a…
Can money buy happiness? The question, posed by Cornell economist Robert Frank to hundreds of incoming freshmen in a panel discussion in Barton Hall on Sunday, Aug. 20, was provoked by his reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925…
Like many of the 16 new Cornell students in the room with her, Robin Davisson first read "The Great Gatsby" in high school. On re-reading the book, she found she had something in common with the students, as well as with F. Scott…
Some rarely seen symbols of office will emerge from university vaults for Cornell President David J. Skorton's inauguration. The symbolism dates back to the first inauguration on Oct. 7, 1868, when New York Lt. Gov. Stewart L…
With great expectations Cornell will officially enter "the Skorton era" on Sept. 7. In a lively and colorful ceremony on the Arts Quad, David J. Skorton will be inaugurated as Cornell's 12th president.The historic day's events…
One year after the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, three lifelong residents of New Orleans will speak on a panel commem orating the anniversary of the storm that changed the Crescent City, and much of the Gulf…
