Events on campus this week include: a film on the black Panthers, several book readings, Latino conference, Locally Grown Dance and Black Gospel festivals, and a lecture by Steven Pinker. (Feb. 24, 2011)
What's the best way for a university to promote the mental health of its students? For Cornell, it's caring for the whole person through a comprehensive public health approach. (Feb. 23, 2011)
On March 2, architect Nader Tehrani will share several concepts for long-term safety improvements on bridges located on and adjacent to the Cornell campus. (Feb. 23, 2011)
Government professor Peter Katzenstein warned against thinking that civilizations around the world are homogenous, when they are indeed pluralistic with 'shifting balances of practices.' (Feb. 23, 2011)
Cornell researchers have developed an artificial intestine to better study gut bacteria and such biomedical pursuits as tissue engineering, pharmaceutical sciences and cell biology. (Feb. 23, 2011)
Researchers played a key role in helping Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island eliminate rabies in raccoons. Cornell's been managing rabies-control efforts in the two counties since 2006.
The impacts of climate change on corn yields in the United States and China in coming decades may not be all bad, according to a new Cornell and University of Tokyo study. (Feb. 23, 2011)
On March 13, Jeff Hancock will address adult learners at One Day University in New York City about technology's impact on the brain and whether heavy social media use makes us stupid. (Feb. 23, 2011)
Theoretically stranded on an island, five professors were each given 10 minutes to persuade the audience, or 'survivors,' why their discipline should have a spot on the life raft. (Feb. 23, 2011)
New federal legislation deems breast pumps and other lactation supplies as medical care expenses, making them eligible for reimbursement through Select Benefits medical care accounts. (Feb. 23, 2011)
Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core and this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture speaker, Feb. 21 in Sage Chapel, stressed tolerance and interfaith cooperation. (Feb. 22, 2011)
The Internet has dramatically boosted the power of citizen science - creating opportunities in science and education across disciplines, said Janis Dickinson, Feb. 20 at the annual AAAS meeting.
