Using a new approach to decode the human genome, scientists assert that knowing where genes start to encode amino acid chains can predict what proteins they produce. (Aug. 27, 2012)
An education campaign on menstrual hygiene in India and a study of the effects of grazing on grassland biodiversity in Java are among this year's Cornell projects funded by the Fulbright Program. (Aug. 22, 2012)
Two psychologists addressed the deviant behaviors depicted in this year's New Student Reading Project selection, 'The Life Before Us' by Romain Gary, in a lecture to new students. (Aug. 20, 2012)
International development expert Ramaswami Balasubramaniam has been named a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor at Cornell. He will be in residence Sept. 23-30. (Aug. 16, 2012)
A new study reports that chronic stress in adolescence is linked to how much childhood time was spent in poverty. Such stress sets the stage for a host of physical and mental problems. (Aug. 9, 2012)
Students in Cornell's Iscol Family Program for Leadership Development in Public Service and the Urban Semester Summer Program co-hosted a free health fair July 28 in Brooklyn. (Aug. 9, 2012)
Regardless of sexual orientation, youths who don't conform to the norms for their gender are less happy that teens who do, reports a new Cornell study. (Aug. 8, 2012)
