Cornell's SRI-Rice Center is helping West African countries scale-up their environmentally friendly, highly productive rice cropping methods. (Aug. 13, 2012)
Cornell's Vice President Tommy Bruce has issued the following statement on the Northwest Airlines agreement to bring new air service to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport.
Suzy M. Nelson has been named to lead Cornell's active Greek life system, John L. Ford, the Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students, has announced.
New York's other World Series team, the Sapsuckers from the Laboratory of Ornithology, are scanning the skies of the Garden State in hopes that 2000 will be the year they finally take top honors in the World Series of Birding.
Black History Month puts focus on the role of black people in the development of world civilizations and memorializes figures who fought for equality, panelists said Feb. 16.
New York, NY (September 17, 2004) -- Cholesterol-busting statin medications have revolutionized the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD), the leading killer of American men and women.But a recent move by the British government toward approval of low-dose, over-the-counter (OTC) simvastatin (Zocor®) has raised heated debate here in the U.S. Now, in his editorial in the September 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology, Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., Professor of Medicine and the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, says the proven effectiveness and good safety record of statin medications argues for a similar move in the U.S.
Thomas Eisner, a world authority on animal behavior, ecology and evolution, is the winner of Rockefeller University's 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science
The forum was the fifth of six public discussions about task force reports that address ways to strengthen the university while addressing the budget deficit.
The 2001-02 Cornell Tradition Student Advisory Council has announced the creation of a new Cornell Tradition Community Recognition Award to be offered this year for the first time to honor and recognize an Ithaca-area community member who embodies the ideals of the Cornell Tradition: commitment to community service, strong work ethic and scholarship.