Soda taxes and beverage portion size restrictions were unpalatable to the 1,319 U.S. adults questioned in a 2012 survey as part of a study reported online March 10 in the journal Preventive Medicine.
Paul Streeter, assistant dean for finance and administration at the College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named Cornell’s new vice president for budget and planning, effective April 1.
Cornell researchers have discovered five new species of a group of bacteria called Listeria – including one named for Cornell, providing new insights that could lead to better ways to detect the soil bacteria in food.
High school students from Native American backgrounds visited campus March 21-22 to learn about Cornell, celebrated Haudenosaunee culture with a symposium and exhibit and talk to Cornell Native American students about attending Cornell.
Astronomer Carolyn Porco, director of NASA’s Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations, or CICLOPS, will speak April 9 at G-01 Uris Hall at 4:30 p.m.
The 2013 Dean’s Fellow in the history of home economics in the College of Human Ecology gave an account of Flemmie Kittrell’s life March 20. Kittrell was the first African-American woman in the country to earn a Ph.D. in nutrition.
At a March 22 workshop aimed to encourage grade-school girls to pursue science and technology, Girl Scouts decoded secret messages and investigated a scene to earn scouting detective badges, among other activities.
Events on campus this week include original comedy and dance performances, documentaries on musician Kathleen Hanna and British coal miners, and gypsy repertoire by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Seven College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty members participated in an event created as a fun way to get to know young faculty and their research March 19.
