Study on fasting and dieting suggests why diets fail -- and why a weekly fast might work

A study finds that after fasting or dieting one day, people do not overeat to compensate but gain any lost weight back. The findings have implications for why diets fail and how weekly fasting might work. (March 26, 2010)

Videos commemorate 40 years of nutrition education

A new video series depicts the history and future of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program for the program's 40th anniversary. (March 23, 2010)

100 mpg car team passes salvage test, gears up for X Prize

The team passed its Department of Motor Vehicles salvage vehicles inspection to be eligible for registration in New York - a requirement to compete for the Progressive Automotive X Prize.

New York student wins High School Fashion Design Award

Sarah Song, a student at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg, N.Y., is the winner of the first High School Fashion Design Award from the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design. (March 16, 2010)

Students toil -- designing, pinning, sewing, fitting -- to produce fashion show

More than 70 students showed off their original designs at 'Once Upon a Runway,' the 26th annual Cornell Design League fashion show, at Barton Hall, March 13.

Coat can charge cell phone, iPod, MP3 player

Abbey Liebman '10 designed a solar-powered jacket that captures the sun's rays to charge cell phones, iPods and other handheld devices. It debuted at the Cornell Design League Fashion Show March 13.

Grad student, alumnus receive Soros fellowships

A Filipino-American graduate student and a Lebanese-American alumnus are among 30 new Soros fellows, who are immigrants or children of immigrants. (March 10, 2010)

In the battle against childhood obesity, review effectiveness before implementing policies, says Cornell economist

Before developing specific anti-obesity strategies, lawmakers should review the evidence on program effectiveness and costs to avoid policies that won't work or will waste money, says Cawley. (March 4, 2010)

Students gain insights from noted economist

Economist Robert Moffitt, a leading expert on the economics of welfare reform, recently spent a week at Cornell to lecture in classes and work with students. (March 2, 2010)