Chronic stress in childhood can hurt children and teens physically, mentally and emotionally. However, having a sensitive, responsive mother can reduce at least one of these harmful effects, says a new study. (Oct. 31, 2011)
Class projects with suggestions for a greener local airport helped the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport earn the 2011 Airports Going Green award from the Chicago Department of Aviation. (Oct. 31, 2011)
The Public Service Center has excelled at embedding service learning and community involvement in the fabric of the Cornell experience, said Robert Harrison, chairman-elect of the board of trustees. (Oct. 31, 2011)
A new generation of cybertools developed at Cornell and a Sinhala language data archive at Cornell allow researchers to better study language acquisition in children. (Oct. 31, 2011)
John Maxwell Anderson, professor emeritus of zoology at Cornell, who taught here from 1952 until 1979 when he retired, died Oct. 25 at age 94. (Oct. 31, 2011)
'The Hard Man,' an account of Johnny Byrne's early life as Glasgow's most notorious gangster, will have its U.S. premiere Nov. 3-6 at Cornell's Risley Theatre. (Oct. 28, 2011)
Marc Thiessen, former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush, defended waterboarding and other 'enhanced interrogation techniques' in his talk on campus Oct. 27. (Oct. 28, 2011)
Jeff Tester, Croll Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems at Cornell, received the Special Achievement Award of the Geothermal Resources Council Oct. 26 in San Diego. (Oct. 28, 2011)
Vladimir Nabokov's passion for science and art is kept alive via a cross-departmental collaboration in the course Reading Nabokov, which includes a lecture and demonstration at the Cornell Insect Collection. (Oct. 28, 2011)