Three on faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Cornell professors Jon Kleinberg and Paul McEuen, and Weill Cornell professor Carl Nathan, M.D., are among 72 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, announced May 3. (May 5, 2011)

Panelists argue for pragmatic health care reform, to give up on 'utopian dream'

A panel of four Cornellians discussed the challenges surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, May 2 at the annual, student-sponsored annual Sick in America series. (May 5, 2011)

Coates, Gruner, Saloff-Coste and Skorton elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Cornell President David Skorton, chemist Geoffrey Coates, physicist Sol Gruner and mathematician Laurent Saloff-Coste are among 212 newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (April 21, 2011)

Short PSA videos aim to get cooks to change their ways

Four short public service announcements developed at Cornell use stories to convey home food safety practices. They are free online.

Big Idea winner: Solar cell phone charger that only works when malaria net is used

The big winner of the Big Idea competition went to two juniors for a technology-enhanced bed net that helps prevent malaria while using solar power to help residents charge cell phones and run fans. (April 18, 2011)

International nutritionist Michael Latham, champion of the marginalized, dies at 82

Dr. Michael Latham, professor emeritus of nutritional sciences at Cornell who directed the Cornell Program in International Nutrition for 25 years, died April 1 of pneumonia at age 82. (April 13, 2011)

Drop in positive emotions -- rather than jump in negative -- linked to poorer health in widowhood

A new study led by Anthony Ong reports that the poorer health that widows and widowers experience is from the steep drop in positive emotions, rather than the jump in negative emotions. (April 11, 2011)

Alliance seeks members to work toward safer fresh food

The Produce Safety Alliance at Cornell calls on farmers, researchers, state officials, produce industry experts and others interested in produce safety to join one of 10 alliance working committees. (April 4, 2011)

International congress in NYC to explore surgery for diabetes treatment

Experts across multiple disciplines will convene at the Hilton New York March 28 for the Second World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes. (March 25, 2011)