NEW YORK (Feb. 13, 2006) -- Smokers and former smokers should be screened for lung cancer even if they don't have symptoms, according to a new study led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell…
Qing Li, a visiting scholar from the Beijing Dance Academy, is being hosted by the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance through the spring, to study American teaching in dance. (Jan. 11, 2011)
Leading activist writers Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez will give a joint poetry reading and hold a book signing on campus April 1. On April 8, the Africana Center will host poet and literary critic Édouard Glissant for a 4:30 p.m. panel discussion at the center. (March 26, 2010)
John E. Hopcroft, the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science, and Eric Siggia, adjunct professor of physics, have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. (May 7, 2009)
D. Tyler McQuade, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University, has won a $200,000 early career award from the New York State OfÞce of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) for research that strives to create polymers that mimic biological materials. The award is one of 10, totaling $2 million, given by the research agency to scientists across the state who are performing their research in the life sciences, biomedical sciences or in other life science-enabling disciplines, such as materials science and chemistry. (October 18, 2002)
The Contested Global Landscapes project will bring together Cornell social scientists to research the financial, political and legal implications of this trend through 2015. (Sept. 13, 2012)
The time is ripe for serving more New York-grown produce in the state's schools. Starting this fall, school districts in Johnson City and Hannibal will make concerted efforts to incorporate more locally grown foods in their lunch programs.