New federal legislation deems breast pumps and other lactation supplies as medical care expenses, making them eligible for reimbursement through Select Benefits medical care accounts. (Feb. 23, 2011)
On March 13, Jeff Hancock will address adult learners at One Day University in New York City about technology's impact on the brain and whether heavy social media use makes us stupid. (Feb. 23, 2011)
Cornell researchers have developed an artificial intestine to better study gut bacteria and such biomedical pursuits as tissue engineering, pharmaceutical sciences and cell biology. (Feb. 23, 2011)
The impacts of climate change on corn yields in the United States and China in coming decades may not be all bad, according to a new Cornell and University of Tokyo study. (Feb. 23, 2011)
Government professor Peter Katzenstein warned against thinking that civilizations around the world are homogenous, when they are indeed pluralistic with 'shifting balances of practices.' (Feb. 23, 2011)
Theoretically stranded on an island, five professors were each given 10 minutes to persuade the audience, or 'survivors,' why their discipline should have a spot on the life raft. (Feb. 23, 2011)
Researchers played a key role in helping Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island eliminate rabies in raccoons. Cornell's been managing rabies-control efforts in the two counties since 2006.
Some 5,500 Cornell students have taken Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds, a course that is now in its 19th year. Taught by George Hudler, the course is 'extremely enthralling,' says one student.
Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core and this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture speaker, Feb. 21 in Sage Chapel, stressed tolerance and interfaith cooperation. (Feb. 22, 2011)