NEW YORK -- An 18-month-old girl was the first in the New York City area to receive a titanium rib prosthesis to correct a severe form of congenital curvature -- or scoliosis -- of her spine that constricts the lung cavity.
Eamon McEneaney, who was an All-American lacrosse player at Cornell in the 1970s and considered one of the best ever to play the game, is among the victims of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
Polley Ann McClure, Cornell vice president for information technologies, has been named this year's recipient of the EDUCAUSE Award for Excellence in Leadership.
Managers whose words match their deeds have a positive effect not only on morale but on their company's bottom line, according to a study by a Cornell University researcher and his colleague.
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded $618,857 to the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell to preserve local and state agricultural literature on microfilm.
In the new book 'The No Child Left Behind Legislation: Educational Research and Federal Funding,' Cornell Professor Valerie Reyna asserts that new mandates for scientifically based educational programs will improve education, and other experts challenge her. (December 22, 2005)
A prime contractor with national credentials has been selected for the first phase of the Lake Source Cooling project, construction of the transmission pipeline between the Cornell Cayuga Lake.
U.S. Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D-N.Y.) will present the welcoming address to scientists and foresters attending an agroforestry conference hosted by Cornell University on Sunday, Aug. 3, at 6 p.m., in Trillium Dining Hall, Kennedy Hall, on the Cornell.
Maddie's Fund has awarded Cornell 's College of Veterinary Medicine a $1.7 million grant over six years to support a program in shelter medicine, to be called Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell.