How does a little girl growing up in the big city of San Francisco develop an abiding love and appreciation for nature and a passion for biology? Go fish. "My parents enjoyed fishing, and although my sister had no interest, I loved it," says Helene Dillard, director of Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Among the workplace amenities that life scientists value is a good library, according to a survey published recently by The Scientist. Cornell, which has one of the best library systems in the world, recently enhanced its…
VIVO http://vivo.library.cornell.edu creates a virtual life sciences community, bringing together in one Web site all the information needed to figure out who is doing what, where and how in the life sciences at Cornell.
A VIVO…
Cornell University today announced the selection of a consulting team led by Urban Strategies Inc. of Toronto to develop a comprehensive master plan (CMP) for the physical development of the Ithaca campus, taking into account…
Artists take literary inspiration and run with it in "The Novel Picture: Interactions Between Text and Image," on display at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, now through June 11.
The History of Art Majors' Society, a group…
NEW YORK -- New evidence shows that garlic, recognized for its healing powers in ancient times, is effective against cancer and heart disease, according to Richard Rivlin, an attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital…
Julie McQuain is passionate about vegetables. Each season she grows nearly 100 varieties in her garden in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains. In the dozen years she has gardened there, she has discovered which vegetables…
When the elderly fall or become socially isolated, a cascade of health problems tend to follow. But how practitioners tackle these problems in their day-to-day working with seniors can be worlds away from the approach suggested…
Cathy A. Enz, the Lewis G. Schaeneman Jr. Professor of Innovation and Dynamic Management at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration, has been appointed associate dean for industry research and affairs at the Hotel School. In…
Susanne M. Bruyère is the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association's (ARCA) 2006 recipient of the James F. Garrett Award for a Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Research. Recipients are selected based on their…
Karen Comstock, assistant dean for public service at Cornell Law School since 2004, will be honored April 5 in Myron Taylor Hall's Berger Atrium as the 2006 winner of the Law School's Anne Lukingbeal Award.
The annual award was…
On March 23, Kate Bronfenbrenner gave the 24th Annual Sefton Memorial Lecture at the University of Toronto's faculty club. A faculty member at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, where she is director of Labor…
