Cornell University is announcing its ninth annual Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST) program for new Cornell students. POST, a program of the Cornell Public Service Center, provides a group of first-year and transfer students with opportunities, before the start of the school year, to perform community service projects for a number of local agencies. Students also get a head start on making friends and become familiar with the Ithaca community, which will be their home during their time at Cornell. Beginning Sunday, Aug. 15, and ending the morning of Friday, Aug. 20, some 65 incoming Cornell students and 16 upper-level students who are team leaders will spend five days and nights serving the Ithaca community through public service projects.
Previous attempts in mice to correct a rare inherited immune disorder, called Hyper IgM X-linked immunodeficiency, have failed because standard gene therapy raised risks for cancer. Now Weill Cornell Medical College researchers believe they've found a way around that problem.
The 2004 Community Service Award was presented to The CBORD Group Inc. July 23 at the annual "Party by the Pond" held for tenants and friends of the Cornell Business and Technology Park in the village of Lansing. The annual award is sponsored by the Real Estate Department of Cornell University. It recognizes volunteer and community service efforts made by companies, and employees of companies, located at the Cornell Business and Technology Park. This year's award recognizes CBORD's strong commitment to community service through a variety of direct financial support and in-kind and volunteer support to a broad range of agencies and institutions in Tompkins County, including the Ithaca Montessori School, Family and Children's Services, the Sciencenter and the Hangar Theatre.
The eyes aboard the Mars rover Spirit are delivering ground truth. After more than six months of examining the photographic and spectral data from the rover, Mars mission scientists confirm that the albedo -- which is the percentage of sunlight reflected on the red planet's dusty surface -- indicates important variations in mineral and dust composition. (August 02, 2004)
Celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of Cornell Plantations begin with an Aug. 15 birthday party, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the botanical garden at One Plantations Road. Open free of charge to the public.
Get milk and get in the groove. As part of the 2004 Shake Stuff Up Tour, the Milk Mustache Mobile rolls onto the Cornell University campus Wednesday, July 28, from 1 to 3 p.m. It will be at the Cornell Dairy Store, at the corner of Tower and Judd Falls roads.
By tweaking a gene in the mouse genome, scientists are creating animal models of Huntington's disease that mimic human Huntington's and may lead to effective treatments for this killer illness.
New York, NY (July 26, 2004) -- Throughout the history of obstetrics, obstetricians have viewed Cesarean section as a delivery mode that is either medically indicated or not. Times have certainly changed: According to new research from New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, nearly 1 in 5 women who had a Cesarean delivery after being in labor either requested or were offered a Cesarean delivery at some point during labor without a classic medical indication.
Studies have shown that overweight and obese mothers are significantly more likely to quit breast-feeding their infants sooner than do healthy-weight mothers. An important reason why is the weaker biological response that heavier women have to their babies' suckling, according to a study conducted.
This fall, Cornell will conduct a one-year experiment in legal downloading of music. A campuswide site license for the Napster online music service will provide students with streaming and downloading access to the company's library of more than 750,000 songs.
Cindy Hazan, associate professor of human development at Cornell University, has been named professor and dean of the Carl Becker House on West Campus, President Jeffrey S. Lehman announced. Becker House is the second of five residential houses for upper-level students being built as part of Cornell's West Campus House System. Hazan was selected by members of the West Campus Council search committee, which is composed of staff, faculty and students. The committee was co-chaired by Edna Dugan, assistant vice president of student and academic services, and Vice Provost Isaac Kramnick. (July 27, 2004)
Catherine M. Oertel, a doctoral candidate in chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University, has been named a new Discovery Corps postdoctoral fellow by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study corrosion in Baroque-era pipe organs and to develop lesson plans about the physics, chemistry and materials science of musical sound for middle and high school students. Oertel is one of the first six fellows in the new Discovery Corps, an NSF pilot program that is exploring innovative ways for scientists to combine their research expertise with service to society. (July 19, 2004)
