Cornell biomedical engineering students working with a Weill Cornell Medical College-affiliated psychiatrist have designed an electronic braking system for walkers. (June 24, 2010)
To help reduce pesticide use in European apple orchards, growers in Romania can now grow scab-free fruit without having to rely entirely on chemical solutions. Thanks to cooperation between Romanian scientists, Cornell and Cornell's Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., the scientists started a project to grow scab-free apple varieties developed by Romanian apple breeders to resist the scab, which causes a rough-shaped lesion on the fruit.
New York, NY (November 22, 2002) -- An innovative and sophisticated computer simulation model can help public health officials and emergency planners to prepare a public health response in case of bioterrorist attack, a study by scientists in the Department of Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College has demonstrated. The simulation model, which predicts staffing requirements for antibiotic or vaccine dispensing centers, should help remedy a potential gap in current local, state, and national bioterrorism preparedness.The study, authored by Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, Dr. Alvin I. Mushlin and Dr. Mark A. Callahan, first appeared in the current issue of the journal "Medical Decision Making."
Robin Hadlock Seeley, a Cornell marine biologist, spearheaded an invasive species survey of Cobscook Bay, Maine, that has discovered a sea squirt there that could potentially threaten the important fishing area.
In response to the May 9 Cornell Perspectives article, "Why new U.S. biofuel legislation is on track to waste billions of tax dollars, while subsidizing oil consumption" by Harry de Gorter and David Just:
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Former Nicaraguan vice president Sergio Ramirez will deliver two public talks during his visit to Cornell next week. The first address titled, "Adios Muchachos: The Sandinista Revolution Revisited," a personal account of the events that took place in Nicaragua during the 1980s and early 1990s.
The Microsoft case, Clinton administration policy and intellectual property rights all will be discussed at a Cornell Law School symposium on April 10.
Events on campus include free summer concerts, new films from the United States and Italy, a history-filled tour of Cornell Plantations, and an international keyboard competition. (Aug. 1, 2011)