Students in the Sloan Program in Health Administration learned about hospital administration at Jan. 20-21 visit to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. (March 1, 2011)
Richard Daines, M.D. '78, former health commissioner and a leader in the battle against childhood obesity, died unexpectedly Feb. 26 at his home in Stanfordville, N.Y. He was 60. (Feb. 28, 2011)
The syllabus for a social entrepreneurship course, taught by Anke Wessels of the Center for Transformative Action at Cornell, has won an award from Ashoka, a global group of social entrepreneurs. (Feb. 28, 2011)
Patsy Brannon, David Levitsky, Ling Qi and Barbara Strupp, Division of Nutrition Sciences, have received awards from the American Society for Nutrition for their nutrition research and public service. (Feb. 28, 2011)
Previously known as the Emergency Grant Fund, the Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees (CARE) Fund provides confidential financial assistance to faculty and staff for one-time emergencies. (Feb. 28, 2011)
Cornell will receive $40 million from the U.K.'s Department for International Development and the Gates Foundation to fight a wheat pathogen that threatens the world's food security. (Feb. 27, 2011)
Cornell's East Asian Studies celebrates six decades of developing multicultural academic programs throughout the world with a 60th Anniversary Symposium and other events, March 4-5. (Feb. 25, 2011)
Cornell Death Penalty Project Director John Blume discussed the challenges of providing due process to death row inmates with mental impairments, Feb. 24, citing a particular case he's working on. (Feb. 25, 2011)
Development sociologist Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue spoke at a Washington, D.C., conference about a study he's involved in on the implications of the world population growing to 9 billion by 2050. (Feb. 25, 2011)
Employing powerful genome sequencing tools, Cornell scientists have gained new insight into how efficiently the microbes in large bioreactors produce methane from brewery waste. (Feb. 24, 2011)
Students will show off digital technology research projects at the annual BOOM (Bits On Our Minds) showcase, at the Duffield Hall Atrium on March 9 from 4 to 6 p.m. (Feb. 24, 2011)
