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…
Are U.S. Supreme Court justices, who are appointed for life, serving too long -- with consequences the Constitution's framers never intended? Roger Cramton, Cornell Law School's Stevens Professor of Law emeritus, asks this…
Mao Ye, a graduate student pursuing a doctorate in economics, is the winner of the 2006 student trustee election, making him a voting member of Cornell's Board of Trustees. Ye, 28, of Yangzhou, China, believes that his election…
Thirty-six years after he eluded authorities during an anti-war rally in Barton Hall, the Rev. Daniel Berrigan will return to Cornell to speak on Vietnam, Iraq, U.S. imperialism and the value of nonviolent protest. Berrigan's…
The sight of a white-tailed deer offers a glimpse of a nimble animal free to roam. The animals also bring billions of dollars in hunting-related revenue to rural economies. However, across the United States, the hoofed ruminants…
As Cornell University restructures its life sciences with the New Life Sciences Initiative, constructs new buildings, upgrades its infrastructure and hires new faculty members, university officials stress that improving graduate…
Researchers at Cornell are recipients of the first round of seed money that promises to turn research discoveries into marketable products. Two examples: the world's first hand-held sprayer for concentrated pesticides and microbe…
GENEVA, N.Y. -- With the aim of turning economically disadvantaged central New York into an economic powerhouse, the new Finger Lakes New Knowledge Fusion project is to fund cutting-edge scientific research, new technologies,…
Noted scholar and teacher Professor John W. Kronik, 74, died Jan. 22 in Los Angeles. He was a professor emeritus of Spanish literature in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell. A memorial service is planned for Sunday,…
The potential for disaster due to climate change is so great that we should err on the side of caution, stressed Linda Harrar '71 in addressing the President's Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) April 1 on campus. When the stakes…
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…
"Is it fair trade when you get designer prices for it?" "New York education standards should require students to learn the relationship between their shirt and the global world." "We need to connect fair trade with local poverty…
