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Cornell Veterinary College uses forensic 'gold standard' to probe for trace chemicals in animal-poisoning cases

Substances that are poisonous to animals can now be subjected to the same chemical scrutiny given to materials in high-profile human cases - including the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

Cornell institute receives $3.5 million grant renewal to continue studies of how working couples cope

Even though women work - and prefer to work - fewer hours than men, they invest more of themselves in their jobs than do male workers. That is just one finding from the Cornell Couples and Career Study at Cornell.

Harold D. Craft is named vice president for administration and chief financial officer at Cornell

Cornell President Hunter Rawlings today (Jan. 3) announced that he will recommend to the Board of Trustees the appointment of Harold D. Craft Jr. as vice president for administration and chief financial officer.

Cornell awarded $8.5 million loan from Pew Trusts

Cornell has been awarded an $8.5 million interest-free, seven-year loan from The Pew Charitable Trusts, for the development of programs in ethical reasoning and information sciences.

New book traces Holocaust through five decades of literature, film

In the last decade of the 20th century, we saw a virtual cottage industry of books and films on the Holocaust, everything from an unexpurgated 'Diary of Anne Frank' to Roberto Benigni's Oscar-winning tragicomic film 'Life Is Beautiful.'

Sen. Charles Schumer hears from Cornell researchers about need for federal aid to bring biotechnology to market

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, visited Cornell Dec. 20, to hear from university researchers and administrators about how the federal government can help improve the process of bringing the fruits of the university's biotechnology research to market.

Sen. Charles Schumer hears from Cornell researchers about need for federal aid to bring biotechnology to market

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, visited Cornell Dec. 20, to hear from university researchers and administrators about how the federal government can help improve the process of bringing the fruits of the university's biotechnology research to market.

Maury Tigner, accelerator builder and adviser on Chinese science, is named director of Cornell's particle research lab

Maury Tigner, who two decades ago helped design and build the half-mile-circumference accelerator at Cornell, has been named the next director of the operator of the huge device, the Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, one of the world's leading centers for elementary particle research.

Larger, adjustable computer mouse could reduce risk of wrist injury, Cornell study finds

An oversized, flatter and adjustable computer mouse with built-in palm support could lower the risk for carpal tunnel syndrome and other wrist injuries, according to a new study by Cornell University ergonomists.

Undergraduate students give Cornell women's hockey team a new look, with pizzazz and style

The Cornell women's ice hockey team has snazzy new uniforms, thanks to the creativity of a class of undergraduate students in textiles and apparel in the university's College of Human Ecology.

Cornell is first and only division to meet its United Way goal in Tompkins County this year

Cornell's campus campaign for United Way of Tompkins County is the first and only United Way division this year to meet - and even exceed - its goal. As of Dec. 15, the university had raised $562,831.

Cornell juniors' class project in design results in full-size, indoor mini-playgrounds for child-care centers

Two Cornell interior design classes didn't just build scale models, but the real thing - indoor play zones for child-care centers. The undergraduates planned, designed and built four child-care learning and play activity centers, or mini-playgrounds.