Patrick Wright, director of the ILR School's Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, has been named the first William J. Conaty Professor of Strategic Human Resources. (Sept. 17, 2007)
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical is participating in Phase II clinical trials that use patients' own stem cells to repair hearts damaged by severe coronary artery disease. (Sept. 17, 2007)
The theme of this year's Judy's Day event, Sept. 16 at Cornell Plantations, was the bounty of trees, and activities included music, storytelling, games and hands-on crafts. (Sept. 17, 2007)
A test of full-spectrum lamps in a local restaurant found no support for the idea that full-spectrum light changes diners' behavior, according to a new report issued by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research. (Sept. 14, 2007)
In celebration of Constitution Day, Sept. 17, Chronicle Online excerpts 'The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness' by Professors Isaac Kramnick and Laurence Moore. (Sept. 14, 2007)
In a new initiative, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have teamed up to develop strategies to better understand and enhance patient participation in clinical trials. (Sept. 13, 2007)
More than 70 astronomers gathered on Capitol Hill Sept. 12-13, not to talk about the demise of a major national research facility, but to plan for its scientific future. (Sept. 13, 2007)
A man with a severe head injury who spent more than five years in a minimally conscious state is now communicating and recovering his ability to move after his brain was stimulated with pulses of electric current. (Sept. 13, 2007)
Faculty and students from Weill Cornell Medical College and wilderness medicine experts from around the country will converge in Ithaca Sept. 26-28, for the inaugural Northeast Wilderness Medicine Conference. (Sept. 13, 2007)
David P. Hajjar has been appointed senior executive vice dean and executive vice provost of Weill Cornell Medical College. The appointment was announced by WCMC Dean Antonio M. Gotto Jr. in July. (Sept. 13, 2007)
Cornell University's lack of church affiliation made it suspect in some quarters. Ezra Cornell's young university, said its critics, was a godless cesspool of vice. (Sept. 13, 2007)
