The Early Lung Cancer Action Project, a nine-year-old project led by New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, has already demonstrated that an initial "baseline" screening of high-risk persons by low-dose advanced computed tomography can detect lung cancer at earlier, presumably more curable stages than ordinary x-ray.
The U.S. Census Bureau could improve the quality of its population estimates by working more closely with a partnership of local, state and federal officials, Warren Brown, a leading Cornell demographer, testified to a U.S. House…
President David Skorton's response to a U.S. Senate Finance Committee's request for information on endowment growth and spending for student aid included a cover letter and a highly detailed financial report. (Feb. 28, 2008)
A new study has identified a set of genetic variants in maize that accounts for levels of vitamin A precursors among varieties. The discovery could lead to at least tripling provitamin A levels in maize in Africa, where millions go blind due to vitamin A deficiency. (Jan. 17, 2008)
On April 20, Cornell graduate students and Weill Cornell Medicine students on Capitol Hill for a day of conversations on student loans, STEM education, immigration policy and the future of medicine.
Eleven outstanding students in the Class of 2008 at Cornell's Middle East outpost in Doha, Qatar, were selected to spend the summer in New York City for the first annual eight-week Summer Research Fellowship Program.
Carl E. Wieman, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics, will discuss a new form of matter that occurs at record cold temperatures in a nontechnical talk on the Cornell University campus Oct. 9. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be given at 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium of Rockefeller Hall. Wieman, a Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder, will be presenting the second of his two Bethe Lectures at Cornell. (October 2, 2002)
Four members of the IthaQatar Ambassadors went to Doha over spring break to advocate for an official exchange program between Cornell's Ithaca and Qatar campuses. (April 15, 2010)
From extended counseling hours at Gannett and welfare checks in dorms to monitors and temporary barriers on campus bridges, recent changes reflect Cornell's commitment to supporting students. (March 29, 2010)