NEW YORK (Feb. 16, 2005) -- For years, the "gold standard" treatment for patients struggling with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has involved exposure to reminders of the triggering traumatic event. Now, findings from a small pilot study by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers may offer patients a new alternative to that often painful process.
Max Weber (1864-1920) was a German sociologist, economist and political scientist who is known not only as one of the world's most important social scientists because he founded the modern study of sociology and public administration, but also as one of the most difficult to understand.
For the second year in a row, New York's fledgling hops industry -- developed by Cornell University, the Northeast Hops Alliance and New York's Department of Agriculture and Markets -- continues to grow.
Neuroscience for high schoolers? Why not, says Cornell University neurobiologist Ron Hoy. To prove his point that the subject can be exciting for young people to study, Hoy and a Cornell development team of colleagues and undergraduates have developed a suite of novel, interdisciplinary multimedia teaching tools.
Much of the nitrogen spewing from vehicle exhausts appears to be contaminating coastal systems, such as Chesapeake Bay, to a much greater extent than previously thought, according to a study by researchers at Cornell.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If the developed world fails to invest more in African agriculture and rural infrastructure to benefit the poor and help them escape poverty, the world will become a much more dangerous place, says economist Per Pinstrup-Andersen. Investment in productivity-increasing agricultural research is particularly important. At present, he notes, agricultural science and investment generally benefit affluent farmers and consumers.
Federal government forms now allow people to officially identify with up to six different racial groups -- a fundamental change that is designed for multiracial categorization.
Thomas W. Simons Jr., former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and Poland, returns as the Provost's Visiting Professor at Cornell and will deliver a lecture titled 'Islam and the West Since Iraq' on Feb. 21.
The newly elected chair of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean, will deliver a public lecture at Cornell on Feb. 23, at 2:30 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Auditorium on campus.
The Honorable Elena Poptodorova, the ambassador from the Republic of Bulgaria to the United States, is visiting the Cornell campus this week to deliver public lectures and meet with community members, university students, faculty members and administrators.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There are some computer problems so hard that computer scientists consider them out of reach. They label them "intractable" and move on. But researchers at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., have developed tools to solve such problems, at least in certain practical situations. Mostly their approach is to have the computer do what a human being might do: stop, go back and start over and try something different.
For the first time, advanced neurological imaging suggests the brains of minimally conscious patients recognize and respond to speech in ways similar to healthy individuals, according to a team of researchers. (Feb. 7, 2005)
