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Helen Yang '07 returns from ILR's first credited Beijing internship eager to pursue a career in China

Helen Yang '07 spent last semester in Beijing as ILR's first credited intern in Asia. She worked with the ILO's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor.

New study examines interracial marriage and cohabitation patterns among America's diverse black populations

Breaking away from previous marriage and cohabitation studies that treated the U.S. black population as a monolithic culture, a new Cornell study finds significant variations in interracial marriage statistics among American-born blacks and black immigrants from the Caribbean and Africa.

Seven-year glitch: Cornell warns that Chinese GM cotton farmers are losing money due to 'secondary' pests

Bt cotton in China fails to reap profit after seven years because secondary pests emerge and require lots of pesticides, three Cornell researchers find.

The sound of a word tells us something about how it is used, Cornell study shows

A new Cornell study describes a series of linguistic experiments showing that the sounds (phonology) of a word can indicate whether it is a noun or a verb. An article on the subject will appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

IVIg antibodies provide lasting benefits to alzheimer's patients, according to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell study

NEW YORK (July 24, 2006) -- A purified mixture of human antibodies called intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) provides lasting benefits to patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to researchers at the NewYork-Presbyterian…

Cornell neurosurgeons and engineers bridge gap between Ithaca and New York City with promise of medical innovations

Ten neurosurgeons from Weill Cornell Medical College make a two-day visit to Ithaca to explore areas of collaboration with the department of biomedical engineering.

Mean streets become meaningful streets as young people in New York City urban program work to bring change

Cornell students, inner-city young people and community partner organizations are working together to make significant positive changes to urban neighborhoods at five New York City sites participating in the Growing Up in Cities program.

Cornell plant scientists detect presence of plum pox virus -- disease of all stone fruits -- for first time in New York state

Cornell plant scientists, working with state and federal officials, have detected plum pox virus (PPV) for the first time in New York state on trees from an orchard in Niagara County.

Cornell engineers and Weill Cornell neurosurgeons gather to forge partnership for medical advancement

Faculty members in the Department of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College visit Ithaca to mingle with biomedical engineering faculty, learn about research on the two campuses, and begin collaborations.

Cornell researchers challenge Cornell-led proposal to stock U.S. plains with lions and elephants

Introducing exotic lions, cheetahs, elephants, camels to the U.S. -- a plan proposed in the journal Nature last year -- wouldn't work, several Cornell researchers argue.

Hotels that don't discount rooms fare best in both good times and bad

Cornell researchers find that hotels that charge rates above their competitors are better at pricing rooms in response to demand in good times and bad.

High-tech hairdo: New Cornell method gets that natural look in computer-generated blond hair

Cornell researchers have developed a new and much quicker method for rendering hair in computer graphics that promises to make blond (and other light-colored) hair more realistic.