New York, NY (January 22, 2003) -- Love it or hate it, emotional issues are prevalent in the workplace, says a new book by a Weill Cornell mental health expert. And many mental health problems from depression to drug abuse show up at work. Left untreated, these problems cost businesses billions of dollars every year in lost productivity.ÊThe new book, "Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace: A Handbook for Organizations and Clinicians," offers the business world a sophisticated mental health perspective on organizational and occupational concerns, in non-technical language. The book also describes the various forms of workplace problems, including recognition and management of their symptoms, and how to provide cost-effective quality care and prevention.
NEW YORK (Dec. 7, 2005) -- Turning a corner in the history of cancer research, a Weill Medical College of Cornell University team, led by Dr. David Lyden, has pinpointed key players in "pre-metastasis" -- cells and compounds that coalesce in tumor-specific niches before the arrival of cancer cells to create the "fertile ground" metastasis needs to spread and grow. The research is being published in the Dec. 8 issue of Nature.
Cornell's Vice President for University Communications Tommy Bruce issued a statement May 2, announcing that Michael Abbott stepped down from his position as Cornell's chief investment officer May 1. (May 4, 2011)
Humanist Geoffrey Harpham, the M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor, lectured on “The Pryvat Spyrit of America, from Dissent to Interpretation” Nov. 13.
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have identified naturally occurring antibodies that may help defend against Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. (June 22, 2007)
Professor of English and comparative literature Jonathan Culler will join 31 other scholars as a fellow at the National Humanities Center for the 2011-12 academic year. (May 3, 2011)
The sixth annual Nanobiotechnology Symposium, slated for Aug. 15 at Cornell, will focus on medical applications of nanobiotechnology, the science of fabricating devices at scales as small as a few billionths of a meter for studying biological systems.
ARECIBO, P.R.. -- The Arecibo Observatory telescope, the largest and most sensitive single dish radio telescope in the world, is about to get a good deal more sensitive. Today (Wednesday, April 21) the telescope got a new "eye on the sky" that will turn the huge dish, operated by Cornell University for the National Science Foundation, into the equivalent of a seven-pixel radio camera. (April 21, 2004)
Scientists and engineers have been trying to explain bicycle self-stability ever since the 19th century. Now, a new analysis says the commonly accepted explanations are at least partly wrong. (April 14, 2011)