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RedRover-Secure, Cornell's newest wireless network service, offers much greater degree of privacy

RedRover-Secure, Cornell's newest wireless network service, offers a much greater degree of privacy during wireless transactions than ever before by using WiFi protected-access technology.

Council for the Arts honors two students for their achievements in creative writing, film and dance

The Cornell Council for the Arts recently honored Maria Adelmann and Catherine Galasso for their academic and artistic achievements in creative writing, film and dance.

New book explores research methods for studying hope, laughter, resilience, other aspects of positive psychology

'The Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology,' edited by Cornell's Anthony Ong, explores research methods for studying hope, laughter, resilience and other aspects of positive psychology.

New Ph.D. combines law, psychology and human development

To prepare scholars who will contribute original research in human development and the law, and psychology and the law, Cornell will offer a new graduate concentration called Law, Psychology and Human Development, beginning next fall.

Calls of the wild: More than 80,000 sound and video recordings of animals now available to public online

For the first time, more than 65,000 sound clips and some 18,000 video clips of birds and other animals are accessible for no charge at the Macaulay Library's Web site.

Chelation therapy reduces lead-exposure problems but could create lasting effects for children treated for autism, CU researchers find

Lead chelation therapy can lessen learning and behavioral problems due to lead exposure, but the therapy adversely affected rats with no lead in their systems, a Cornell study shows. The finding has implications for the treatment of autistic children.

New book asks, 'Why Aren't More Women in Science?'

A new book edited by Cornell professors of human development Stephen Ceci and Wendy Williams explores the reasons why more women don't go into science or engineering.

Johnson School students sell advice on MasterCard IPO in first annual case competition

Johnson School students applied complex financial concepts to a real-world situation, the MasterCard IPO, during the school's first-ever Integrative Case Competition on Dec. 10.

Senior citizens collaborate with textile students to develop high-tech products that help the elderly

A line of textile-based products to help the elderly was developed in a course this past semester. The products were developed not only by students but also by senior citizens in the community.

Cornell provides user-friendly help in sorting through Medicare drug plan options

User-friendly help is available in Tompkins, Seneca, Monroe, Schuyler and Steuben counties to help seniors sort through Medicare drug plans, thanks to a pilot project in Cornell's College of Human Ecology.

Tong receives prestigious Lockheed grant and is named Jacobs Professor in Engineering

Professor Lang Tong, electrical and computer engineering (ECE), received a $50,000 university research grant from Lockheed Martin.

Protein 'bar code' in spinal fluid could lead to first diagnostic test for Alzheimer's patients, researchers say

Cornell researchers from Ithaca and Weill Medical College have discovered 23 proteins in the spinal fluid of Alzheimer's patients that could hold the key to future diagnosis of the disease.