Cornell researchers are using advanced genetic techniques to better understand the relationship between the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and the human immune system defense cells that engulf them. (Dec. 12, 2007)
Alan Hedge, international authority on office ergonomics, studies a chair that undulates, a mouse that vibrates, a monitor attached to a movable arm and other newfangled workstations. (Dec. 12, 2007)
Cornell's new Performance and Speakers Bureau, sponsored by the Einaudi Center, coordinates international organizations across campus to train student presenters to speak or perform at area schools. (Dec. 11, 2007)
Anthony Ong, assistant professor of human development, studies positive psychology, believing that people can mindfully choose to focus on their positive emotions, which may lead to promoting healing and easing pain. (Dec. 11, 2007)
Joe Laquatra, the Hazel E. Reed Human Ecology Extension Chair in Family Policy has been appointed by N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer to the state's first task force focused on health issues associated with toxic mold. (Dec. 11, 2007)
Nearly 200 people gathered on Ho Plaza Sunday evening to join Cornell Hillel, Chabad at Cornell and President David Skorton in lighting the candles on the Hanukkah ice menorah on Ho Plaza. (Dec. 10, 2007)
Cornell Law School is set to launch a student exchange program with Peking University beginning in fall 2008. The program marks the law school's first formal agreement with the premier law school in China. (Dec. 10, 2007)
Representatives from the ILR School's Global Labor Institute are part of a delegation of international labor leaders who are discussing a treaty that could establish unprecedented standards for controlling global warming. (Dec. 10, 2007)
Daniel Huttenlocher, the John P. and Rilla Neafsey Professor of Computing, Information Science and Business and a Stephen H. Weiss fellow, has been named one of 38 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery. (Dec. 10, 2007)
However, women faculty at Cornell are generally less satisfied than their male counterparts with their jobs, says a recent report by the CU-ADVANCE Center, relying on data from a Faculty Work-Life Survey. (Dec. 10, 2007)
Designed to develop tomorrow's leaders for the business world, the Roy H. Park Leadership Fellows Program at Cornell's Johnson School is celebrating its 10th anniversary. (Dec. 10, 2007)
A group of 2002 Johnson School graduates founded Camp $tart-Up, a weeklong summer retreat for girls interested in business careers, as their public service-leadership project for the Park Leadership Fellows Program. (Dec. 10, 2007)
