A gift from the estate of architect Edgar Tafel, a member of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship, will establish an endowed professorship in architecture and a lecture series in his name. (June 16, 2011)
Los Angeles artist Jessica Rath worked with Professor Susan Brown to use Cornell apple trees as a basis for a photography exhibit in Pasadena next year. (June 16, 2011)
A conference at Cornell June 3 included planners and architects, discussing how compact, walker- and biker-friendly communities with high-performance buildings would help the energy, climate crises. (June 16, 2011)
Kotlikoff will begin his second five-year term July 1, 2012. Among his priorities will be the college's capital plan, renewing the faculty and expanding groundbreaking translational programs.
Cornell has developed a new test for Lyme disease in horses and dogs that pinpoints the time of infection, which will result in earlier intervention and more effective treatment.
A Cornell project is launching interest in the Northeast in growing and using juneberries, which are even more healthful on many fronts, than blueberries. (June 15, 2011)
A new Cornell study suggests that long-term, regular use of vitamin E in women 45 years of age and older may help decrease the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by about 10 percent. (June 15, 2011)