U.S. President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld may not all get a library, airport or highway named after them. But each has a slime-mold beetle named in his honor.
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Sept. 20, 2012)
A survey of doctors on both sides of the border finds physicians in Ontario, Canada, spend almost $60,000 less per year on interacting with insurers. (Aug. 4, 2011)
A Cornell study finds consumers are supportive of labeling decisions when they believe the company considered the public’s input. It bolsters research into perceived fairness in decision-making.
The Buffalo Pest Management Board of Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded the Excellence in IPM Award by the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program, a partnership between the state and Cornell University, for its can-do attitude in seeking and promoting lowest-risk solutions to the city's pest problems. (February 14, 2006)
Cornell's self-driving car - and Segways - will soon to become safer and more talented, as a test bed for new research in robotics and artificial intelligence. (Oct. 5, 2009)
Sustainable Endowments Institute graded 200 universities nationwide, and Cornell earned a B this year, up from a B-minus last year, with improvements in investments and transparency. (Nov. 5, 2007)
A new team has been named to lead the Cornell Migrant Program (CMP) and to suggest ways to restructure the program to better meet the changing and complex needs of New York's agricultural community, including migrant and other farm labor, their families and communities. The announcement was made today by the deans of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and College of Human Ecology (CHE), and the director of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE). (May 14, 2004)
Thambirajah, who was born of Sri Lankan parents, started her company, Thevi Cosmetics, because she found that traditional makeup lines lacked products for what she calls the 'New Ethnic Market.' (Feb. 13, 2009)
Twelve Cornell women assistant professors have been awarded research grants by the Affinito-Stewart Grants Program to advance research necessary to obtain tenure.