Bottled water wastes energy and hurts the environment, asserts Cornell extension associate Jennifer Wilkins in this Cornell Perspectives opinion piece. (Aug. 22, 2007)
During their three-week winter break tour, the Cornell Chorus and Glee Club traveled through Guatemala and Mexico, where they they filled churches, sang at orphanages and made a studio recording.
The special open enrollment period for long-term care and life insurance ends May 2. Paul Bursic, director of Benefit Services, provides a framework for estimating the amount of life insurance you should have. (April 16, 2008)
Things to Do the week of May 8 include a screening of 'The Graduate,' a tribute to Mozart scholar Neal Zaslaw, Mayfest, the 'unconference' and the Game Design Showcase. (May 7, 2009)
New York, NY (August 2001) -- Jay Edelberg, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiovascular researcher and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been named a 2001-2004 Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholar by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Alliance for Aging Research. The prestigious honor includes an award of $450,000 to support his research into finding new approaches to reverse vascular changes in the aging heart.
Golan Yona, assistant professor of computer science at Cornell University, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to support his research into creating a map of all known proteins.
Santa Claus around the world is known in many guises: He is Father Christmas in Britain and Kris Kringle in Germany. In Hawaii, Santa arrives by outrigger canoe, and in Australia, by water skis wearing a red bathing suit.
Cornell University's New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has named William E. Fry, professor of plant pathology, as the college's senior associate dean. The appointment will take effect in June. Fry succeeds associate dean Brian Chabot, who will return to teaching.
Cornell's Northeast Regional Climate Center has released the odds of a white Christmas for cities in the Northeast. Pinkham Notch, N.H., tops the list with a 95 percent chance of having snow on the ground Dec. 25. (Dec. 18, 2008)