At a talk in NYC Dec. 12, engineering professor Thomas O'Rourke urged better preparedness for natural disasters and surveyed the role of infrastructure in recent calamities. (Dec. 18, 2012)
A new study traces hypertension to a newfound cellular source in the brain and shows that treatments targeting this area can reverse the disease. (Dec. 17, 2012)
Global travel, climate warming and an invasive mosquito could create the right conditions for outbreaks of a new virus in this country, according to a Cornell computer model. (Dec. 17, 2012)
Nick Lawrie '13 will graduate in January with the ability to follow his passion for 'helping the little guy,' thanks to his ILR School education and Cornell financial aid. (Dec. 17, 2012)
Children served vegetables and cheese ate 72 percent fewer calories than those served potato chips, and reported being just as satisfied, reports a new Cornell study. (Dec. 17, 2012)
Scientists trying to decipher the microenvironment of living biological tissues now have a way of taking high-resolution, high-speed, three-dimensional images of their inner workings. (Dec. 17, 2012)
JC Tretter '13 will soon train for five weeks to prepare for football's Senior Bowl, Jan. 26, one of football's premier pre-draft events. Some 800 coaches, scouts and team staffers will be watching. (Dec. 17, 2012)
Kent Austin has accepted the joint position of vice president of football operations, general manager and head football coach of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats, effective immediately.
Two tiny mechanical oscillators, suspended just nanometers apart, can talk to each other and synchronize by means of nothing but light. (Dec. 14, 2012)
Financial engineering master's students at Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan participated in a trading game developed by Levent Kahraman '92. (Dec. 14, 2012)
A new budget model will provide greater budgetary clarity and help focus discussions about how the university is spending its resources, said Provost Kent Fuchs at a recent public forum.
