NEW YORK (March 22, 2005) -- The discovery by Weill Medical College of Cornell University researchers that a specific type of human fetal stem cell can co-differentiate simultaneously into both muscle and blood vessel cells may unlock the door to therapies that replace damaged tissue in the heart and other organs.Heart attack and other events can destroy cardiac muscle and the surrounding vasculature (blood vessels), so effective heart repair requires concurrent replacement of both these types of tissues.
Richard N. Kaplan, president of CNN/U.S. of the CNN News Group, will give an address followed by a question-and-answer session, March 30, at 8 p.m. in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has just released a two-CD guide, "Voices of North American Owls." Call it a veritable "Who's Hooo" of North American owl sounds.
The CDs give voice to more than 19 species of owls and their…
“Democratic Trajectories in Africa: Unraveling the Impact of Foreign Aid,” co-edited by Professor Nicolas van de Walle, explores whether foreign aid in Africa has helped or hindered democratization efforts.
Bruce Ganem, Cornell's Franz and Elisabeth Roessler Professor of Chemistry and J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship, is the winner of the American Chemical Society's (ACS) 2007 Award for Creative Invention. The award…
William Provine, professor of the history of biology, will be awarded the first David L. Hull Prize by the International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology. (May 4, 2011)
DJ Afrika Bambaataa makes his first public appearances as a Cornell visiting scholar Nov. 27, with a discussion of hip-hop history, classroom and community visits and a show at The Haunt. (Nov. 14, 2012)
Event highlights on campus from Nov. 18-Dec. 2 include a play based on Charles Mingus' autobiography, high-wire artist Philippe Petit and professor of history Richard Polenberg's last lecture. (Nov. 17, 2011)
When a fish is named after you, your name is immortalized in the taxonomic record of vertebrates, which represents just 3 percent of all animal species.
That's the honor that has been bestowed upon Susan Suarez, Cornell professor…