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Puerto Rican students, teachers, families learn from Arecibo scientists

Programs at Arecibo Observatory focus on improving science education in Puerto Rico.

Dean of Students Kent Hubbell moonlights as fabric architect

Kent Hubbell, Cornell's dean of students, moonlights as an architectural designer of such Fiberglas fabric structures as the one sheltering the Chene Park Performing Arts Complex.

Navigating the world: Einaudi Center launches international Web site

In production since 2003, the Einaudi Center has launched the International Gateway, offering a single point of access online to Cornell's international programs and the international research, teaching and outreach work of its faculty and students.

Gift helps Komansky Center cater to needs of children and families

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center's newly named Komansky Center for Children's Health is designed to meet the special needs of children and families.

How 'good' bacteria could counter overuse of antibiotics

Antibiotics are everywhere -- from the dry cleaners to your soap dispenser -- killing off the bacteria that threaten to make you sick. But a sterile, antiseptic world might do more harm than good, and the onslaught of antibiotics might undermine their very purpose.

Yoga: Therapy for Parkinson's disease?

The Sanskrit word "yoga" shares its roots with "yoke," as in the alignment of mind and body. Ongoing research at Weill Cornell Medical College is revealing the extent of yoga's capacity to fight an insidious neurodegenerative disease.

Cornell conservationists propose allowing wild animals to roam parts of North America

If Cornell University researchers and their colleagues have their way, cheetahs, lions, elephants, camels and other large wild animals may soon roam parts of North America. (Aug. 17, 2005)

Big Red carpet ready for more than 3,500 new students -- and all the others

New Student Orientation Committee and Welcome Weekend groups roll out the Big Red carpet Aug. 19-24 with a festivity of activities.

Conservationist and educator Richard B. Fischer is dead at 86

Richard B. Fischer, a Cornell professor emeritus of environmental education, died at his Ithaca home Aug. 7. He was 86.

Cornell overeating study suggests that how much we eat depends more on external cues, such as portion size, than on biological signals

After overeating by 35 percent for two weeks, a study's participants did not eat less afterwards, according to a new Cornell University study in Physiology and Behavior by David Levitsky and colleagues, suggesting that food intake is more strongly influenced by external, rather than internal, cues. (August 15, 2005)

Baby has the beat but quickly loses the ability to detect alien rhythms, studies find

Babies can recognize unfamiliar musical rhythms far more readily than adults, report Cornell University and University of Toronto researchers. (Aug. 15, 2005)

New students and faculty throng to Barton Hall to discuss Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'

On Aug. 21, at 3:30 p.m., more than 3,500 first-year and transfer students are scheduled to gather in Barton Hall for an interactive faculty presentation on Chinua Achebe's masterpiece 'Things Fall Apart.'