Since China started economic reforms in 1978, Chinese children have been growing taller, but in the past ten years, the gains by rural children have been only one-fifth that of urban children, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Fearful that a little eggnog or Caesar salad dressing might send you to bed with a Salmonella-related illness? The chances are slight, but they’re even slimmer if your eggs are produced in New York, thanks to the Salmonella Control Program conducted by the Unit of Avian Medicine at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
Ron LaFrance, the former director of the American Indian Program, died suddenly of a heart attack July 29 at his home on the Akwesasne Reservation, near Hogansburg, N.Y. He was 51.
Richard Meier, the architect of the Getty Center heads a list of distinguished artists, educators and critics who will offer insight into America’s cultural climate during a symposium Oct. 4-6 at Cornell.
Helena María Viramontes, assistant professor of English at Cornell, has received the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature for 1995. Her books include a collection of short stories, The Moths and Other Stories, and the novel Under the Feet of Jesus.
U.S. corporations concerned with the high cost and delays of litigation are turning to alternative dispute resolution as a way to resolve various business-related disputes, including employment, environment, workers’ compensation, sexual harassment, securities fraud and age discrimination.
For some people, a turning point in their lives occurs through a dramatic turn of events. But for Susan Long, R.N., a veterinary technician in the Companion Animal Hospital who just returned from three weeks volunteering for the Audubon Society’s Puffin Project in Maine, it occurred during a casual walk in the woods she thought would be 20 minutes long.
How can a veterinary college get more qualified minority students interested in veterinary science and biomedical research? How about offering high school students a summer to work on laboratory research with a faculty mentor, as well as an opportunity to sample the wide array of activities in Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine?
Cities throughout the Northeast have enjoyed one of the coolest Julys on record, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell. New York City never saw an official high temperature in July above 89 degrees at Central Park – for the entire month – the first time that has happened in 107 years.
