Focus more on care and less on disease treatment in the elderly to cut health care costs, said Robert Martensen, National Institutes of Health, in the Sick in America keynote address, April 12. (April 14, 2010)
The university is addressing 'on multiple fronts' the alleged misconduct of a professor in the Africana Studies and Research Center, Provost Kent Fuchs said in a letter to concerned Africana alumni April 12.
Posters featuring musings by eight students and faculty members are on display in the corridor between Olin and Kroch libraries as part of the 'Writing on the Wall: Cultural Experiences' exhibit.
This year's event recognized 259 long-serving staff members who celebrated a fifth-year anniversary at 25 or more years of service to Cornell - collectively having given more than 8,200 years of service. (April 13, 2010)
The Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers hosted 38 high school students from Syracuse April 9 for a campus visit and other science activities, including packing DNA from their cheeks.
Zambian leaders have engaged six School of Hotel Administration students and Robert Kwortnik, associate professor of service marketing, as branding and marketing consultants. (April 13, 2010)
Henry Asante, Faisal Mahmood, Chen-Tsuo Yen and Chris Tupino, all Class of 2001, designed a shotgun for their master of engineering project. It is now for sale by the Ithaca Gun Co. (April 13, 2010)
The check was presented to President David Skorton by engineering alumna Sherri Stuewer '73, M.S. '75, during the Cornell Board of Trustees meeting in New York City, April 8. (April 13, 2010)
Cornell researchers have prompted rural women to walk more regularly through a worksite intervention that helps change an office's environment and culture to encourage more walking. (April 13, 2010)
Richard Dunning '13 and Matthew Cong '11 have received Xerox Technical Minority Scholarships, which recognize high academic achievement in the fields of science, engineering and technology. (April 13, 2010)
Cornell's viticulture and enology program has launched a free e-newsletter called 'Appellation Cornell' that will cover news about research, meetings and workshops, among other topics.
Exiled Georgian writer Irakli Kakabadze taught students this semester about the use of nonviolent conflict resolution and the creative arts to resolve political and social conflicts. (April 13, 2010)
