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Weill Cornell cardiology division named for benefactors maurice r. And corinne p. Greenberg

The new name - the Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Division of Cardiology at Weill Cornell Medical College - became effective on Dec. 1, 2003. The official dedication ceremony took place on Feb. 2.

Hotel study's surprising results: Some satisfied customers don't come back

A new research report from Cornell reveals that brand switching sometimes occurs among a hotel's most-satisfied guests, while some of the least-satisfied guests keep coming back.

Mandatory animal identification system to track livestock is needed, Cornell expert tells U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee in 'mad cow' hearings

If all cattle in the United States carried identification, tracking of herds exposed to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow" disease) or other animal diseases would be easier and faster, according to a Cornell policy expert.

Weill Medical College receives $500,000 Bristol-Myers Squibb freedom to discover grant

Bristol-Myers Squibb has awarded a five-year $500,000 'Freedom to Discover' Unrestricted Infectious Diseases Research Grant to Weill Medical College of Cornell for HIV/AIDS research focusing on the HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins and their functions during virus entry.

Internet-First publishing project at Cornell offers new and old books free online or to be printed on demand

Just when the recording, music and publishing industries are going all-out to stop people from making their products available on the Internet, a new publishing venture at Cornell University is challenging traditional scholarly publishing by taking the opposite approach: Make the full text of a new book freely available on the Internet, and give readers the option to buy the printed book.

Spring 2004 Mind and Memory lectures at Cornell begin Feb. 2

The Mind and Memory: Exploring Creativity in the Arts and Sciences course begins this month at Cornell and runs through April. This popular annual offering includes public lectures by distinguished members of the Cornell faculty and other creative people.

Conference comparing China's and India's 'economic miracle' slated for Friday, Jan. 30, on Cornell campus

China has become the world's manufacturing center, receiving more foreign direct investment than any other country. For the past two decades, China has enjoyed an "economic miracle" with more than 8 percent growth per year.

First successful embryo biopsy for deadly genetic cancer -- retinoblastoma

In a significant scientific achievement, physicians and scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have successfully employed preimplantation genetic diagnosis for retinoblastoma, resulting in the world's first babies born free of the deadly eye cancer. The news appears in this month's issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

New study proves class-action court awards are not skyrocketing

With a bill before Congress to curb large awards in class-action court settlements again, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) recently attacked such awards as "jackpot justice." But are the fees meted out by the courts really skyrocketing?

Future of midsize farms and agribusiness is topic of public seminar at Cornell on Jan. 28

More than 80 percent of farmland in the United States is managed by farmers whose operations fall between small-scale direct markets and large, consolidated farms. These farmers increasingly are left out of the food system, and if current trends continue, the fear is that these farms will disappear in the next decade or two.

Mary Pat Brady is awarded MLA's first annual prize in Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies

Mary Pat Brady, assistant professor of English at Cornell University, is the winner of the Modern Language Association of America's first annual prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies.

Cornell trustees approve plan for 4.8 percent endowed tuition increase

At its meeting on Friday, Jan. 23, the Board of Trustees approved a set of planning parameters for the 2004-05 budget that calls for a 4.8 percent tuition increase for most students in the endowed colleges.