NEW YORK (June 8, 2005) -- Each year, thousands of children from orphanages abroad are adopted by families in the United States. Yet the long-term impact of the early experiences of these children is unknown. Researchers at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are currently conducting a study that employs tools -- including computer games used in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans -- to better understand the cognitive and emotional development of these children, as well as their unique experiences.
Planners of the new Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, where construction will begin this month in anticipation of a Winter 2002 opening, face a daunting challenge.
A pleasant scientific surprise: The North Atlantic right whale population – once projected for extinction – exhibited an unexpected increase in calf production and population size during the past decade.
The Lab of Ornithology's competitive birding team won the annual World Series of Birding May 12-13 with 230 species sightings and soundings -- knocking out rival competitors for the third year in a row. (May 16, 2007)
The Campus Savings and Efficiencies Committee says that improving efficiency in e-SHOP as well as in printing and energy use will be among the university's first cost-saving efforts. (Feb. 16, 2009)
FORCAST, the Faint Object infraRed Camera for the SOFIA Telescope, will help answer longstanding questions about star formation, galactic nuclei, properties of the interstellar medium and more.
New York, NY (November 2, 2004) -- All life relies on the actions and reactions of single molecules within cells. However, these molecules are so tiny that they have long eluded direct, real-time investigation using conventional light microscopes.A breakthrough technology being developed by Dr. Scott C. Blanchard -- recently recruited to Weill Medical College of Cornell University under the College's Strategic Research Plan -- is finally allowing researchers an unprecedented view into the workings of individual molecules.
Harold Levy, chancellor of the New York City public schools and a Cornell University alumnus, will be on campus Feb. 13 to speak about the field of teaching and to recruit Cornell students for the New York City Teaching Fellows program.