GENEVA, N.Y. -- Cornell University entomologists have unlocked an evolutionary secret to how insects evolve into new species. The discovery has major implications for the control of insect populations through disruption of mating, suggesting that over time current eradication methods could become ineffective, similar to the way insects develop pesticide resistance. The researchers, led by Wendell L. Roelofs, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Insect Biochemistry at Cornell, made the discovery while examining ways to keep European corn borers from mating, multiplying and then chewing up farmers' fields. They discovered the existence of a previously undetected gene, the delta-14, that can regulate the attractant chemicals produced in sex-pheromone glands of female borers. The gene can be suddenly switched on, changing the pheromone components that females use to attract males for mating. (September 10, 2002)
This fall, the Cornell Tradition is celebrating 20 years of rewarding excellence in undergraduate service, work and scholarship. Cornell University's alumni-supported recognition program awards 600 fellowships each year to undergraduate students based on their work experience, campus and/or community service, leadership and academic achievement. In 2000, the program was recognized as a Daily Point of Light by President George W. Bush's Points of Light Foundation. (September 10, 2002)
Instead of landfills clogged with computer and car parts, packaging and a myriad of other plastic parts, a Cornell University fiber scientist has a better idea. In coming years, he says, many of these discarded items will be composted. The key to this "green" solution, says researcher Anil Netravali, is fully biodegradable composites made from soybean protein and other biodegradable plastics and plant-based fibers, developed at Cornell and elsewhere. (September 9, 2002)
Overcoming the drawbacks of growing up with a single parent, black children do as well, both academically and socially, as blacks in two-parent homes, a study by Cornell and University of Utah researchers indicates.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City Thursday, Sept. 12. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St., at 2 p.m. (September 5, 2002)
Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin announced today (Sept. 5) that she has appointed a faculty committee to begin the search for a new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
In a move aimed at positioning Cornell for the future, university officials will reallocate $20 million from nonacademic costs to academic and institutional strategic priorities by fiscal year 2004-05, President Hunter Rawlings announced on Sept. 5.
New York, NY (September 4, 2002) - A simple, low-cost ultrasound screening of men over 60 is not only reliably accurate in detecting abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) but is cost-effective in increasing quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). That is the finding of physicians from the Division of Vascular Surgery of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College, in an article published in the latest issue of the journal "Surgery". The authors, led by Dr. K. Craig Kent, Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, conclude that screening for AAA in men over 60 should be covered by insurance plans, including Medicare. At present, no major plan provides for such coverage.ÊNewYork-Presbyterian's Division of Vascular Surgery has played a leading role in developing the new "Quick Screen" technology, which can be applied to women as well as men.
How have hotels responded to the industry crisis that worsened following the terrorist attacks last Sept. 11? How can airlines identify and control unruly passengers? How much debt is too much for hotel properties in crisis to take on?
A reorganization announced July 1 by Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings and Provost Biddy Martin promises to streamline the structure of computing and information science instruction, tying the Department of Computer Science.
