Owen Lee-Park ’15, a native of South Korea, made a rare visit to North Korea in September. He spoke to doctors and medical students about the state of North Korean health care.
Universities should share discoveries crucial to combating diseases plaguing people in poverty, assert two Cornell scientists in a special issue of Nature.
The Arecibo Observatory, home of the world's largest radio-radar telescope, has moved close to completion of a major upgrade that makes it one of the most sensitive and powerful tools ever designed for astronomical studies.
Cornell's new Class of 2012 is smart and diverse -- some 32 percent identify themselves as 'students of color,' and more than 88 percent are from the top 10 percent of their high school class. (Aug. 6, 2008)
New York, NY (January 27, 2003) -- Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have revealed a missing link in the fundamental yet little understood process of neurotransmission, the process by which signals are carried from one brain cell to another. The new finding, which is detailed in the current issue of "Nature", highlights a crucial mechanism that may be common to many signaling processes in cells. Process of Neurotransmission
For the second year in a row, Conceive Magazine has named Cornell one of the top 50 most family-friendly employers because of its benefits to employees who hope to be parents. (June 5, 2009)
Rosalind C. Barnett, a clinical psychologist and senior scholar at Radcliffe College and co-author of She Works/He Works: The New American Family, will discuss the success of the new dual-income American family in a free public lecture on Thursday, Oct. 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Faculty Commons, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
A new Cornell study describes a series of linguistic experiments showing that the sounds (phonology) of a word can indicate whether it is a noun or a verb. An article on the subject will appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Doors on the Cornell campus lead to classrooms and dorms, stadiums, museums and libraries. They also symbolize access, to opportunities and experiences. Here's a photographic look at just a few dozen of them. (June 4, 2009)
The Internet Archive will create periodic snapshots of the entire Cornell Web space and other scholarly and historically important sites outside of Cornell. (March 15, 2011)