Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, said that his company, which sells in some 180 countries, plans to double its growth while drastically reducing its environmental impact during the Durland lecture April 11. (April 12, 2011)
Blending urban music beatboxing and the words of William Shakespeare, the world premiere of 'The Beat Box Bard' will run Jan. 31-Feb. 11 at Cornell's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. (Jan. 15, 2007)
Curbing harmful processes in the brain's vasculature set off by the enzyme NADPH oxidase may reverse some of the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease, Weill Cornell researchers found. (April 30, 2008)
Professor of classics and history Eric Rebillard and Anna Marie Smith, professor of government, have received fellowships for 2008-09 to support extradisciplinary training for their research projects. (April 16, 2008)
New York, NY (February 14, 2003) -- A new laser technology has shown promising early results for the reversal of presbyopia, a progressive stiffening of the eye's lens that occurs with aging and compromises an individual's near vision, or the ability to read without glasses. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, first in the New York City-area to offer the new procedure, is currently seeking participants for a Phase II clinical trial of the innovative technology, called OptivisionTM."Everyone over the age of 50 could potentially benefit from this new high-tech treatment," said Dr. Sandra Belmont, Principal Investigator of the new trial and Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College. "The procedure, which takes only thirty minutes per eye, involves eight tiny laser incisions in the sclera, or the white of the eye. This allows the lens to expand, and enables the eye to focus at different distances. Within an hour, patients are able to read without glasses."
A new study led by Anthony Ong reports that the poorer health that widows and widowers experience is from the steep drop in positive emotions, rather than the jump in negative emotions. (April 11, 2011)
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.'
Qi Wang, professor of human development, will receive the 2013 Outstanding Contribution to Research on Asian/Asian Americans award from the Society for Research on Child Development.
Now more than ever, researchers are bridging the distance between Ithaca and New York City to collaborate on big-picture projects -- the kinds that require the combined expertise of theoreticians, experimentalists and clinicians.
Recognized for his work on next-generation defense projects, systems engineer Earl Valencia was honored in February as a 'New Face of Engineering' by the National Engineers Week Foundation. (March 27, 2007)