Robin Bellinder, Tom Zitter and the Dairy Food Extension Team received research and extension awards from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on Nov. 17. (December 05, 2005)
Cornell's Institute for European Studies has received a grant that will provide outreach opportunities and will pair Ithaca with Elios Proni, Greece, located on the island of Cephalonia. (Jan. 26, 2007)
For the first time, a fish identified as endangered has been shown to have recovered -- and in the Hudson River near New York City, report Cornell's Mark Bain and colleagues in the online publication PLoS ONE. (Jan. 24, 2007)
The Honorable Elena Poptodorova, the ambassador from the Republic of Bulgaria to the United States, is visiting the Cornell University campus, Feb. 10-12, to deliver public lectures and meet with community members, university students, faculty members and administrators. On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the Bulgarian ambassador will give a Berger International Speaker Series lecture, titled "The Rule of Law in Bulgaria -- An Emerging Democracy: New Concepts, New Legal Instruments and New Practices," in Room G85 of Cornell Law School's Myron Taylor Hall at 6 p.m. On Thursday, Feb. 12, she will address the topic "A View From the 'New Europe'" at the Peace Studies Seminar of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies in G08 Uris Hall at 12:15 p.m. The ambassador also will speak in visiting lecturer Elena Iankova's International Political Risk Management class at the Johnson Graduate School of Management in Sage Hall's Ramin Parlor, Feb. 12 at 2:55 p.m. All of these talks are free and open to the public. The Law School and the Einaudi Center are the principal sponsors of Poptodorova's visit to Cornell. (February 9, 2004)
NEW YORK (March 18, 2005) -- Weill Medical College of Cornell University researchers have made the startling discovery that renin -- a kidney-secreted enzyme crucial to blood pressure regulation -- is also synthesized and secreted by mast cells within the heart.Renin breaks down a precursor, angiotensinogen, to form angiotensin. Because angiotensin is a major culprit in the development of cardiovascular diseases, the discovery that renin is produced outside the kidneys could revolutionize our therapeutic approach to these conditions.
Taking initiative to aid the animal rescue process, Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine has already sent supplies to Louisiana State University's School of Veterinary Medicine in Baton Rouge.
Cornell University Sustainable Design hosted the inaugural 'Interdisciplinary Sustainability Student Summit' Oct. 29 to generate an intercollegiate discussion about sustainability issues. (Nov. 1, 2011)
New York, NY (February 27, 2004) -- A $950,000 grant to fund the study of a new treatment approach for mantle cell lymphoma was recently awarded to Weill Cornell Medical College by the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF). Lymphoma is the most common blood cancer and the third most common childhood cancer. Mantle cell lymphoma is a less common but particularly aggressive form of the disease.The Weill Cornell grant is part of $12.8 million in new LRF grants that will fund research into finding a cure for mantle cell lymphoma. Weill Cornell Medical College received the largest of 18 grants disbursed worldwide.
Two Cornellians have won honors in a national book collecting contest, the second year in a row that students from Cornell have been among the competition's finalists. (Oct. 31, 2007)