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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

Jim Roberts named editor and publisher of Cornell Magazine

Jim Roberts, a 1971 Cornell graduate and a third-generation Cornellian with 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, has been named editor and publisher of Cornell Magazine.

Eros is relic of solar system's birth says Cornell researcher, as NASA spacecraft obtains first snapshot of an asteroid's chemical makeup

Shortly before the Memorial Day weekend, NASA's mission to orbit and study a distant asteroid presented researchers with a glimpse of the birth of the solar system.

CU Vet College study is seeking cats that spray

Animal-behavior experts at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine are looking for a few good cats with one irksome habit ­ spraying.

Cornell University Library receives Mellon Foundation grant for online math archive

Cornell Library is the recipient of a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a three-year project to create an online repository for mathematics and statistics publications.

Cornell's Sheila Hemami wins Eta Kappa Nu teaching award

Sheila S. Hemami, assistant professor and Kodak Term Professor of Electrical Engineering at Cornell, is the winner of the 2000 C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Teaching Award from Eta Kappa Nu.

Continent-wide bird-disease survey shows how stressed species maintain population levels, Cornell ornithologists report

A continent-wide network of bird-feeding enthusiasts have helped researchers at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology prove a long-standing theory that a naturally occurring disease can regulate a wildlife population.