Move over Sir Isaac Newton and make way for quarks and leptons. A theory that has been part of the physics canon for more than 30 years is now making its way into New York state's high school science classrooms.
Cornell wrestler Kyle Dake has been named the inaugural Sports Illustrated male College Athlete of the Year. He will be featured in the May 27 issue of the magazine.
In a panel discussion Feb. 20, novelists Melissa Bank '98, Junot Diaz '95 and Julie Schumacher '86 praised Cornell's Creative Writing Program and gave advice to aspiring authors. (Feb. 23, 2009)
Emil J. Haller, professor emeritus of educational administration, who studied administrative, social and political questions surrounding small and rural schools, died Nov. 20. (Nov. 28, 2011)
Elizabeth Lamb has been named ornamental Integrated Pest Management (IPM) coordinator of the New York State IPM Program, which is part of Cornell Cooperative Extension.
As former coordinator of the University of Florida's…
New York, NY (May 24, 2002) A new study from Weill Cornell Medical College supplies "important missing links" in our knowledge of "the causes, mechanism, and composition" of the scarring that occurs in heart muscle when there is cardiac valvular disease, according to the lead author, Dr. Jeffrey S. Borer. The study suggests possible approaches to preventing scar formation and thus reducing both the risk of heart failure and the need for valve operations. Published in a recent issue of Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, the study is a product of Weill Cornell's Howard Gilman Institute for Valvular Heart Diseases, of which Dr. Borer is a Director.Dr. Borer, who is also the Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Weill Cornell Medical Center, said that although physicians have long known that a leaking aortic valve will lead to the formation of scar tissue in the heart muscle, their knowledge has been incomplete as to what causes this scarring and what might be done about it.
New York and Toronto (December 4, 2002) -- Study findings from the Department of Public Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Inner City Health Research Unit at St. Michael's Hospital/University of Toronto demonstrate that screening and treating new immigrants from developing nations for the latent stage of tuberculosis infection would result in substantial public health and economic benefits. Results are published in the December 5 issue of "The New England Journal of Medicine."Lead author Dr. Kamran Khan conducted his research in the United States while a resident/fellow in preventive medicine in the Department of Public Health at Weill Cornell. He is currently a specialist in infectious diseases and public health, and a clinician-scientist at St. Michael's in Toronto.
A simple questionnaire developed by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College can promote early detection of diabetes in adults so they can dramatically reduce their risk. (Dec. 21, 2009)
Susan K. Brown, professor of horticultural sciences at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., has been named the first Herman M. Cohn Professor of Horticultural Sciences.
Robert L. Constable has been reappointed for a second five-year term as dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University. Constable became the first dean of the new faculty unit when it was created in the fall of 1999.