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Less-coercive state policies aimed at fathers generate more child support for unwed mothers, Cornell study finds

Although child-support policies can help enforce child-support payments and increase the level of awards, their effects are very different, depending on whether the children are born to unwed parents or to divorced or separated couples.

Cornell-led Listeria Outbreak Working Group wins prestigious Agriculture Department award

The Listeria Outbreak Working Group, a collaboration of scientists and public health professionals organized by Cornell, has won the prestigious U.S. Department of Agriculture Honor Award, one of the highest awards bestowed by the agency.

TCAT bus Routes 13 and 31 to expand service beginning Monday, June 12

Beginning Monday, June 12, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit buses will serve Aldi's Supermarket, the Ithaca Farmers' Market and the Park View Health Care Campus.

Campus projects will affect vehicular and pedestrian traffic

Cornell's Facilities Management reports that a number of projects during the coming months will affect vehicular and pedestrian traffic on campus.

How neutron stars get their kicks: Cornell researcher poses rocket theory

What is the origin of the kick that causes the furious acceleration of the newly born neutron star? In an attempt to answer this question, Dong Lai, an assistant professor of astronomy at Cornell proposes.

Ravenous viburnum leaf beetles emerge in central, western New York and close to northern Pennsylvania border

The larvae of the viburnum leaf beetle reducing them to skeletal remains emerged during early May in western and central New York state, Cornell University entomologists say.

Study of pregnant rats suggests connection between maternal cocaine use and attention dysfunction in children

A connection between cocaine use during pregnancy and attention dysfunction in children is suggested in a study by researchers at Cornell University and the University of Kentucky.

Cornell reunion weekend panel, June 9, addresses proactive solutions to the root causes of hatred and violence in U.S. society

A panel of experts will lead a symposium titled "Community, Communication and the Responsibility of the Individual" Friday, June 9, from 4 to 5:15 p.m. in Goldwin Smith Hall.

Cornell Reunion 2000 will be celebrated on campus June 8-11

Former ambassador Paul Wolfowitz, Johns Hopkins University, will discuss "Back to the Future? Will This Century Be as Bloody as the Last?" Friday, June 9.

New how-to book attempts to do for college parents what Dr. Spock did for new parents

Your college freshman finally comes home for a break, dumps the laundry on the floor and disappears for most of the week. Your daughter is devastated: She was rushed but received no sorority bids.

Morning sickness is Mother Nature's way of protecting mothers and their unborn, Cornell biologists find

As unpleasant as it is, the nausea and vomiting of "morning sickness" experienced by two-thirds of pregnant women is Mother Nature's way of protecting mothers and fetuses from food-borne illness and also shielding the fetus from chemicals that can deform fetal organs at the most critical time in development.

Spiders get better web sites by rising early

The early spider catches the web site. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Cornell University have discovered how large female spiders in colonies are able to claim enough territory to rebuild their daily webs