Poll: New Yorkers favor legalizing medical marijuana but are skeptical about gas drilling

The newest Empire State Poll finds New York state residents support legalizing medical marijuana and are leery of gas drilling. (July 13, 2010)

Skorton urges economists to advance health care reform

Cornell President David Skorton urged the 700 health economists at the American Society of Health Economists conference on campus June 20-23 to promote health care reform. (June 24, 2010)

New A.D. White Professors-at-Large include a poet and experts in autism, political resistance and economic history

Four new A.D. White Professors-at-Large have been appointed: autism researcher Simon Baron-Cohen, poet Anne Carson, political scientist James C. Scott and economic historian Robert Skidelsky. (June 21, 2010)

Cornell health care conference to focus on reform, costs

Cornell will host more than 700 health economists June 21-June 23 for the Third Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, themed 'Health, Healthcare and Behavior.' (June 18, 2010)

Study: Effects of welfare reform are mixed for poor families

The economic status of children of single mothers who have gone off welfare and found jobs has improved slightly, but many poor families are worse off since the 1996 welfare reform, reports a study. (June 8, 2010)

Expert urges doctors to regularly screen for self-injury

Young adults self mutilate to cope with emotional pain, independent of other mental illness, finds Janis Whitlock, who urges doctors and nurses to routinely screen for evidence of such behaviors. (June 8, 2010)

More choline for pregnant, nursing women could reduce Down syndrome dysfunction, guard against dementia

In a mouse model of Down syndrome, pregnant and lactating mice that received additional choline had offspring that fared much better than those whose mothers did not receive choline, a new study finds. (June 2, 2010)

Cornell Hillel awards 2010 Tanner Prize to mother-daughter alumnae Irene and Allison Rosenfeld

Irene B. Rosenfeld '75, M.S. '77, Ph.D. '80, and daughter Allison Rosenfeld '08 will be presented with Cornell Hillel's Tanner Prize June 4. (June 1, 2010)

Ten faculty are honored for teaching, advising

Several distinguished Cornell faculty members are being honored May 29 at a special dinner and recognition ceremony.