A large collection of yellowing newsprint documenting Vietnam's war era is being archived for posterity, thanks to cooperative microfilming projects undertaken by Cornell University's Kroch Library and other institutions. (June 20, 2005)
On the phone in her office on the fifth floor of Bradfield Hall on the Cornell University campus, wearing a print blouse patterned with leaves, plant geneticist Elizabeth Earle finished up her third press interview of the day. "That was the Associated Press," she said, hanging up the phone. But this was not her first 15 minutes of fame.
Researchers have known for some time that violent adolescents tend to become more depressed over time than other adolescents. And young people living in violent neighborhoods also are more subject to depression. But violent adolescent boys who also live in unsafe neighborhoods where they witness violent acts do not appear to get as depressed, according to a new Cornell study.
Living with neighbors takes on a whole new meaning when the neighbor is a black bear that wanders over uninvited for dinner and ransacks garbage cans, bird feeders and pet food dishes from decks and yards.
The President's Council of Cornell Women, an alumnae group that serves as an advisory council to Cornell University's president, has awarded its 2005 research grants to three women faculty members.
Genetically modified crops containing two insecticidal proteins in a single plant efficiently kill insects. But when crops engineered with just one of those toxins grow nearby, insects may more rapidly develop resistance to all the insect-killing plants.
The Cornell's Board of Trustees today unanimously approved the appointment of Hunter R. Rawlings III as interim president of the university at its meeting in New York City.
Birdwatchers can now report possible sightings of the recently rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker on a Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology Web site: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ivory/story17.htm. Birders can also request a reporting form by calling the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at (800) 843-2473.
Contrary to what many people believe, preschool children do not adjust how much they eat in response to how much they ate at their last meal or in the past 24 hours or how calorie-rich their meal is. By far, the most powerful predictor for how much children eat is how much food is put on their plate, concludes a new study by Cornell researchers. (June 15, 2005)
NEW YORK (JUNE 16, 2005) -- In a successful procedure today at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/The Allen Pavilion, a robot for the first time functioned as an independent assistant to the surgical team by handing and retrieving surgical instruments. The robot performed all of its assigned functions properly, a key validation of this important new technology and a dramatic demonstration of the potential for automation in the operating room.The robot, known as the Penelopeª Surgical Instrument Server (SIS), uses innovative technology to identify surgical instruments, hand them to the surgeon, retrieve them and put them back in place. This new robot was designed and developed by Robotic Surgical Tech, Inc. (RST) of New York. The procedure performed was the removal of a benign tumor on the forearm.
President Jeffrey Lehman sat calmly in his office on a sunny afternoon, three days after his stunning State of the University address on June 11, when he announced he would be relinquishing the Cornell presidency at the end of this month. During an interview with the Cornell Chronicle, he observed, "Cornell is a community that is working terrifically well. It is oriented toward a set of goals that are important and endurable." He was firm in stating that the fundamental goals and academic strategies being pursued by deans, faculty and staff will not change with his departure.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees Peter Meinig and Provost Biddy Martin made statements to the Cornell community to assure continuity, stability and a smooth transition to Hunter Rawlings' interim presidency.
