Using a new research approach to study the medical costs of obesity, a Cornell researcher and colleague find that its costs are twice as high as previously thought. (Oct. 20, 2010)
By understanding how molecules change under pressure, researchers have taken a step toward creating exceptionally strong, durable materials. (Oct. 20, 2010)
Cornell researcher Paul Bowser and Sea Grant fisheries specialist Dave MacNeill have received the first Research to Application Award for work on a fish virus and applying it in non-academic settings. (Oct. 20, 2010)
The funds from the National Science Foundation's Academic Research Infrastructure grant program will create four state-of-the-art science labs at the Paleontological Research Institution by summer 2011. (Oct. 20, 2010)
Medicinal biochemist Eloy Rodriguez, who hails from a poor Chicano Texan town and is now a Cornell professor, stressed the need for more Latino scientists as a speaker at the National Institutes of Health. (Oct. 20, 2010)
The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future will host a panel discussion on sustainability Thursday, Oct. 28. A major announcement related to Cornell's future role in sustainability effort will follow. (Oct. 20, 2010)
Cornell microbiologist Ruth Ley has received a 2010 Packard Fellowship for a study of how gut microbes co-evolved with humans and their diets. (Oct. 20, 2010)
Two guest speakers addressed whether President Obama's foreign policy has been a success or not at the 2010 Lund Critical Debate in Foreign Policy Series, sponsored by the Einaudi Center, Oct. 18. (Oct. 20, 2010)
Cornell was one of 12 colleges and universities to receive the Climate Leadership Award for Institutional Excellence in Climate Leadership. (Oct. 19, 2010)
A journalist speaking as part of Cornell's CHINA Town Hall program Oct. 18, said that although China does censor journalists, reporters still do some investigative reporting. (Oct. 19, 2010)
More than 3,000 tickets were sold for the Oct. 16 Fall Employee Celebration, where staff, faculty, retirees and their families gathered at Barton Hall for a chicken barbecue and pasta dinner. (Oct. 19, 2010)
Professor Emeritus Walter LaFeber pondered the true role of professors while reflecting on the late Carl Becker's (1873-1945) writings on the same topic at an Oct. 13 talk to students. (Oct. 18, 2010)
