Michael Latham, M.D., professor emeritus, will deliver the keynote address Dec. 7 on nutritional security through community agriculture in developing countries at FAO international symposium in Rome. (Dec. 6, 2010)
Two Cornell researchers aim to develop the first noninvasive functional MRI imaging technique for studying small-scale strokes in mice, which could eventually be used for clinical research in humans. (Oct. 29, 2010)
David Lifka, director of the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing, has taken on an additional role to help expand information technology support for researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. (Oct. 28, 2010)
Professor Patrick Stover will serve as an associate editor of a new American Society for Nutrition journal called Advances in Nutrition. (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)
Medicinal biochemist Eloy Rodriguez, who hails from a poor Chicano Texan town and is now a Cornell professor, stressed the need for more Latino scientists as a speaker at the National Institutes of Health. (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)
The Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs will allow researchers to offer expertise nationwide and will be a hub for psychological and economic research of childhood nutrition. (Oct. 12, 2010)
The same types of bacteria found in arterial plaque, which causes atherosclerosis, are also found in the mouth and gut, according to a Cornell study. (Oct. 12, 2010)
