Avshalom Caspi, Ph.D. '86 and his wife have won a $1 million prize from the Jacobs Foundation for their work on the interplay between genes and environment in determining proclivity toward violence. (Oct. 21, 2010)
Using a new research approach to study the medical costs of obesity, a Cornell researcher and colleague find that its costs are twice as high as previously thought. (Oct. 20, 2010)
At a time when American military forces are stretched thin overseas, a growing number of potential recruits are too fat to enlist, according to an analysis by Cornell economists. (Oct. 14, 2010)
Two Cornell professors with experience of having had parents with dementia use design and digital photographs to help patients with Alzheimer's and other brain diseases connect with loved ones. (Oct. 7, 2010)
Donald Zilversmit, professor emeritus of nutritional sciences at Cornell and an expert on the relationship between diet and cardiovascular disease, died Sept. 16 at age 91. (Oct. 4, 2010)
Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of the nonprofit Acumen Fund, gave this year's Iscol lecture Sept. 27, talking about entrepreneurial approaches to solving problems of global poverty. (Sept. 29, 2010)
A two-year, $60,000 grant will be used to adapt a research-based model that pairs Cornell Cooperative Extension with public schools to provide interventions for at-risk youth. (Sept. 28, 2010)
Students affiliated with the Cornell Elderly Partnership regularly visit local seniors to help reduce the elders' social isolation and to better understand issues related to aging. (Sept. 27, 2010)
The President's Council of Cornell Women's Affinito-Stewart Grants Program has awarded research grants to seven assistant professors to help them complete research important in their tenure process.
