Among U.S. teens who are frequent smokers, nearly half of girls and one-third of boys smoke to control their weight, according to a new study. Even more common is smoking to lose weight among teens who feel "much too fat."
It's become an annual Orientation week rite of passage at Cornell - the New Student Reading Project, which involves programs surrounding the reading of a text in common by all first-year students.
Two initiatives to streamline Cornell's purchasing and financial transactions should save at least $31.8 million annually by 2015, says VP Joanne DeStefano at a public forum. (Nov. 9, 2010)
Three Cornell assistant professors have received fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, whose goal is to support "the next generation of scientific leaders."
Within the next week, all staff and faculty who are eligible for Cornell benefits will receive a booklet at their home address announcing a special benefits open enrollment period for long-term care insurance and life insurance. (April 4, 2008)
Two staff members' flexible workplace arrangements help illustrate why Cornell has recently received a 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. (Nov. 15, 2011)
The Biomedical Engineering Society honored Jonathan Butcher, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, with the Rita Schaffer Memorial Young Investigator Award earlier this month. (Oct. 27, 2009)
The plant nicknamed "Wee Stinky," one of two flowering-sized titan arums in Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory, is prepping for a dazzling reproductive effort to make itself big, hot and smelly.