NEW YORK -- New evidence shows that garlic, recognized for its healing powers in ancient times, is effective against cancer and heart disease, according to Richard Rivlin, an attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital…
Julie McQuain is passionate about vegetables. Each season she grows nearly 100 varieties in her garden in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains. In the dozen years she has gardened there, she has discovered which vegetables…
When the elderly fall or become socially isolated, a cascade of health problems tend to follow. But how practitioners tackle these problems in their day-to-day working with seniors can be worlds away from the approach suggested…
Cathy A. Enz, the Lewis G. Schaeneman Jr. Professor of Innovation and Dynamic Management at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration, has been appointed associate dean for industry research and affairs at the Hotel School. In…
Susanne M. Bruyère is the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association's (ARCA) 2006 recipient of the James F. Garrett Award for a Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Research. Recipients are selected based on their…
Karen Comstock, assistant dean for public service at Cornell Law School since 2004, will be honored April 5 in Myron Taylor Hall's Berger Atrium as the 2006 winner of the Law School's Anne Lukingbeal Award. The annual award was…
On March 23, Kate Bronfenbrenner gave the 24th Annual Sefton Memorial Lecture at the University of Toronto's faculty club. A faculty member at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, where she is director of Labor…
To the editor: In the photo that accompanies the article on Hasbrouck residents bracing for the arrival of undergrads in the March 23 Cornell Chronicle, the caption states that "Hasbrouck Apartments ... will house undergraduates…
To the editor:In the photo that accompanies the article on Hasbrouck residents bracing for the arrival of undergrads in the March 23 Cornell Chronicle, the caption states that "Hasbrouck Apartments ... will house undergraduates…
Most startup companies begin with one big idea and, as a result, struggle to stay afloat, observed Helen Johnson-Leipold '78, head of Johnson Outdoors, a $400 million outdoor-products business under the S.C. Johnson umbrella. …
For the last few years, women have heard conflicting reports about the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). A new study that analyzes many trials together concludes that HRT can reduce heart attacks by about…
Although people are still extremely connected to their cars, the way we get from place to place is evolving from a monoculture of automobiles into a culture featuring a mix of much more sophisticated systems of transportation…
