Colin Parrish, the John M. Olin Professor of Virology, is the new director of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine's Baker Institute for Animal Health and the Feline Health Center.
Lazarus Lynch of NYC's Food and Finance High School, a Cornell partner school, is the first New York 4-H student to present at the Global Youth Institute hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation. (Dec. 3, 2010)
Provost Fuchs says Africana Studies will launch a Ph.D. program, and receive new funds and faculty positions, as well as the 'critical academic and administrative support that a college is best able to provide.'
The body of recent alumna Tine Rubow was recovered from the creek at Taughannock Falls State Park in the afternoon of Dec. 2. New York State Park Police are investigating. (Dec. 3, 2010)
As the number of species declines due to habitat loss, pollution and climate change, the risk of catching infectious diseases may rise for humans, animals and plants. (Dec. 2, 2010)
Michal Lipson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a 2010 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists from the New York Academy of Sciences. (Dec. 2, 2010)
Almost two dozen people discussed the role of technology in promoting a safe and civil campus community Nov. 30 at the second Caring Community Forum. (Dec. 2, 2010)
Events on campus this week include an outdoor gear sale, a reception for Exit Saigon, women's ice hockey, orchestral and jazz performances in Bailey Hall, and the Chorus and Glee Club in Sage Chapel. (Dec. 2, 2010)
Low building quality negatively affects student achievement, and this is exacerbated by high student mobility; both conditions are more often found in low-income districts, reports a Cornell study. (Dec. 1, 2010)
Shawkat Toorawa, associate professor of Arabic and Islamic studies, will help develop a comprehensive new Library of Arabic Literature, with English translations of classical and other Arabic works. (Dec. 1, 2010)
Cornell researchers have developed a tool that can predict - and thereby perhaps prevent - flash stock market crashes, such as the one that occurred May 6, 2010. (Dec. 1, 2010)
