“Racing Extinction,” a documentary airing Dec. 2 on the Discovery Channel, features the work of Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientist Christopher Clark and warns of the extinction of species.
New York, NY (March 14, 2003)-- In the current issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, Dr. Teresa Milner, Professor of Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College, presents new evidence supporting the importance of estrogen in brain function. In close collaboration with Drs. Keith Akama and Bruce McEwen at The Rockefeller University, Dr. Milner elucidates how estrogen is regulating the ability of the brain to learn and encode memories. The research suggests that some form of estrogen replacement therapy might counteract the effects of aging and delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease."My colleagues and I are telling two stories in parallel, using two different approaches," says Dr. Milner, a member of the Division of Neurobiology at Weill Cornell. "We conducted these studies simultaneously but independently, to serve as sort of 'blind controls' in support of each other. Drs. Akama and McEwen were looking at isolated neurons while my lab was looking at animal tissue to explore the same idea -- namely, how does estrogen signaling affect the condition of a neuron?"
The Mars Exploration Rover, one of the two vehicles scheduled to explore the surface of Mars in 2004, is built and seemingly ready for its trip, complete with a full payload of scientific instruments — about two years in advance. But this is not the real rover.
A new exhibition, "Will Boys Be Boys? Questioning Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art," now through Jan. 8 at the Johnson Museum, explores, deconstructs and redefines "boy-ness" as a socially determined identity. (November 04, 2005)
Cornell University will be awarded up to $124 million over the next five years by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research at the Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics (LEPP) and the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), a national user facility. Of the award, approximately $99 million already approved by the National Science Board, the NSF's policy body, would go to LEPP. Up to $25 million, recommended by NSF program managers, would go to CHESS, with $2.44 million of this amount funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute for General Medical Sciences. Both research facilities share use of the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR), the university's high-energy particle accelerator. (March 11, 2003)
The Cornell University Library has launched the Cornell Undergraduate Information Competency Initiative to help faculty members help student to become better researchers in the digital age.
New grants of up to $1,500 that enhance teaching and learning are available to faculty on a competitive basis from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Deadline to apply for spring grants is Oct. 31. (Oct. 5, 2009)
Two members of the Cornell College of Engineering faculty have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's 12th annual Symposium on the Frontiers of Engineering, Sept. 21-23, at Ford Research and…
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings announced Jan. 3 that he will recommend to the Cornell Board of Trustees the appointment of Harold D. Craft Jr. as vice president for administration and chief financial officer, effective Feb. 1.
Cornell's Department of Applied Economics and Management will hold an in-service income tax school in central New York state to review income tax reporting and management Nov. 7 to 20.