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Cornell news release Cornell applauds community for Northwest Airlines agreement

Cornell's Vice President Tommy Bruce has issued the following statement on the Northwest Airlines agreement to bring new air service to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport.

Largest machines on Earth will be described at AAAS today by their central planner, Cornell physicist Maury Tigner

Two of the largest machines ever conceived by scientists will be described today by one of the world's leading experts on particle colliders, the massive and expensive machines used to explore inner space by smashing particles together at super-fast speeds.

Yolanda King to give MLK commemorative lecture Feb. 15

Actress and public speaker Yolanda King will return to campus to deliver the Cornell University Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture titled "Open My Eyes, Open My Soul: Discovering the Power of Diversity," on Feb. 15, at 5 p.m. in Sage Chapel.

Arecibo's sensitive new eye begins massive sky survey

Fitted with its new compound eye on the heavens, the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arecibo Observatory telescope, the world's largest and most sensitive single-dish radio telescope, early tomorrow morning begins a years-long survey of distant galaxies, perhaps discovering elusive "dark galaxies" -- galaxies that are devoid of stars.

Singing in a Strange Land: C.L. Franklin, the Black Church and the Transformation of America

In 1996, Cornell historian Nick Salvatore began a scholarly journey that led him into the life and times of the legendary C. L. Franklin (1915 to 1984), father of Aretha and arguably the greatest African American preacher of his generation.

Cornell Feb. 10 seminar to explore Sumatra earthquake and tsunami

Cornell will present a seminar, 'The Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami: The Science Behind the Headlines,' Feb. 10, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in room B14 of Hollister Hall.

Stephen T. Golding will assume executive vice president post at Cornell

Stephen T. Golding, a seasoned professional with experience in higher education financial affairs, investment management, strategic resource planning and government, has been appointed to be the first Samuel W. Bodman Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration at Cornell.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell multiple myeloma program begins clinical trial of promising new chemotherapy cocktail with revlimid

NEW YORK (Feb. 2, 2005) -- The Center of Excellence for Lymphoma and Myeloma at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is the only medical center in the nation to currently offer a chemotherapy cocktail with the next-generation immuno-modulatory research drug Revlimid (lenalidomide), as part of a clinical trial for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Results of the single-center Phase II clinical trial are anticipated to show improved complete remission rate and response time, and decreased toxicity -- compared to the standard treatment.

Weill Cornell discovery that cellular enzyme plays key role in gene regulation could yield new drug targets

The discovery by a Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College scientist that poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) plays a pivotal role in gene transcription could open doors to new therapies for cancer and neurological disease, and even hints at connections between the foods we eat and gene expression within our cells.

Human rights report attacks meatpacking industry for subjecting workers to danger, exhaustion and "constant fear and risk"

Working conditions in the U.S. meat and poultry industry are so hazardous and the tactics that employers use to prevent workers from organizing so threatening that the industry consistently violates basic human rights.

First-of-its-kind geriatric emergency medicine fellowship created at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

NEW YORK (February 1, 2005) -- To better address the acute medical needs of the growing number of adults aged 75 and older, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has created a Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind program for physicians who have completed their residency training in emergency medicine.

The Qur'an offers women the same rights as men, Cornell author argues

The Qur'an, Islam's sacred text, offers Muslim women the same rights as men, according to a new book, Woman's Identity and the Qur'an: A New Reading, by Nimat Hafez Barazangi, a research fellow in Cornell's Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program.