A Cornell-led consortium has authored a white paper, 'Eliminating Racial Disparities in College Completion and Achievement,' for the Teagle Foundation.
Cornell students, Ithaca officials, Cornell and Ithaca police officers, and Cornell staff took part in the first Bear Walk Aug. 28 to improve life in Collegetown for students and permanent residents.
An institute for workplace studies at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) is undertaking a major study examining the work, well-being and quality of life of New York City firefighters.
NEW YORK, NY (March 17, 2003) -- While the three decades since the start of the American "War on Cancer" have witnessed many innovative offensive strategies to treat the disease, a new key battle that may well be the turning point has emerged -- the battle of prevention. As part of this attempt to keep the enemy from even entering the field, the Cancer Prevention Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has launched a national newsletter and Web site to keep both consumers and health professionals abreast of the latest developments in this new field of cancer prevention.Cancer Prevention, a joint effort of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center -- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's two major centers -- aims to cast cancer in a new light -- to change its perception as a life-threatening disease that can only be treated to a disease that can, in many instances, be prevented. The newsletter and Web site (www.nypcancerprevention.org) will provide a forum in which the most recent cancer prevention innovations -- from the laboratory to the clinic to the public at large -- will be presented. They will feature articles by scientists and public health personnel from around the world on the very latest topics of interest in this new field of cancer prevention.
Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Barbara Knuth updated the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Oct. 24 on progress on the Graduate and Professional Community Initiative.
The Shelburne Playhouse, one of the Catskill Mountains' remaining jewels from the golden age of small resort hotels, was repaired and stabilized by a volunteer group of Cornell historic preservation planning (HPP) students and alumni -- along with some local helpers.
Events this week include Mayfest chamber music concerts, student films, a lecture on dinosaurs, a 'Cosmos' campus screening, a Science Cabaret on fertility and a wellness celebration.
The Paleontological Research Institution and Cornell entities have been awarded a $100,000 grant from the NSF to educate the public and landowners about issues around drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale. (May 18, 2010)
An exhibit of four boulders with oak trees growing out of them are on loan indefinitely from New York City's Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.
More than 100 economics majors read “The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life” over winter break. The department also offered credit to students to write papers about the book.