People feeling sad tend to eat more of less-healthy comfort foods than when they feel happy, finds a new study co-authored by Cornell's Brian Wansink. However, when nutritional information is available, those same sad people curb their hedonistic consumption, but happier people don't. (Jan. 23, 2007)
Harvard professor Richard J. Light discussed his research about making colleges more effective learning environments by improving communication between graduate students and postdocs and faculty. (Jan. 23, 2007)
Sandra M. Gilbert '57, the first M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor at Cornell, will speak along with Abrams on literary topics Jan. 29 at 4:30 p.m. in Goldwin Smith Hall.
Applied economics and management students who put their small business skills to the test last semester have received awards for outstanding work in their Small Business Management Workshop class. (Jan. 22, 2007)
A chance meeting between a future Weill Cornell Medical College student and a security guard has led to the creation of a Cornell group that hopes to provide support to a medical clinic in Sudan, and also brought a 'lost boy' of Sudan to speak Jan. 3. (Jan. 22, 2007)
President David Skorton's first grand rounds lecture at Weill Cornell Medical College Jan. 18 broadly discussed the public service and outreach roles of academic health centers both within Cornell and the community at large. (Jan. 19, 2007)
Thanks to efforts by sustainability intern Ethan Rainwater, Cornell and several city and county agencies will use the biodiesel blend B5 instead of standard diesel fuel. (Jan. 19, 2007)
To advance technologies that convert perennial grasses and woody biomass to ethanol, Professor Larry Walker will use a $10 million grant to upgrade Cornell's industrial biotechnology laboratories. (Jan. 18, 2007)
