Nutritionist Patsy Brannon served on an Institute of Medicine committee to update recommendations, including tripling the intake of vitamin D for healthy people. (Jan. 7, 2011)
Cornell is the fifth-greenest university in the world, according to the GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities, a new ranking system by the University of Indonesia. (Jan. 7, 2011)
Charles McNulty, chief theater critic for the Los Angeles Times, is the winner of the 2009-10 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, administered by Cornell University's Department of English. (Jan. 6, 2011)
President David Skorton applauded New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who, in his State of the State Address, emphasized the need to take advantage of higher education institutions in improving the state economy. (Jan. 6, 2011)
The amount of dust in the Earth's atmosphere has doubled over the last century, according to a new study; and the dramatic increase is influencing climate and ecology around the world. (Jan. 5, 2011)
Five cities in the Northeast set the record for the warmest year in 2010, according to statistics released by the Northeast Regional Climate Center Jan. 3. (Jan. 5, 2011)
New research shows colorful patchwork quilts that are actually pictures of graphene - one atom-thick sheets of carbon stitched together at tilted interfaces. (Jan. 5, 2011)
Cornell, New York state's land-grant university, has received the nation's top recognition for community-related activities from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. (Jan. 5, 2011)
3-D printer technology will dramatically change how products are made, designed and consumed, say Cornell professor Hod Lipson and analyst Melba Kurman in a new report. (Jan. 4, 2011)
The Campus-to-Campus (C2C) bus service will add six weekly round trips to its schedule beginning Jan. 13, an increase of more than 40 percent over the current 14 trips.
Cornell economist Alfred E. Kahn, former chair of the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Council on Wage and Price Stability, and adviser to President Jimmy Carter on inflation, died Dec. 27 at his home in Ithaca.
