The Cornell University administration has announced its decision to decommission the TRIGA Mark II nuclear reactor and to phase out activities at the Ward Center for Nuclear Sciences, where the reactor is housed.
Cornell's Law School will present "Arbiters or Arbitrary? Redefining the Role of the Jury" on March 7 and 8. All sessions are open to the public and will take place in MacDonald Moot Court Room of Myron Taylor Hall.
Seasoned March Madness bracketeers say it's wise to pick at least one 12 seed advancing over a 5 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Will it be Cornell who nabs that coveted spot? (March 18, 2010)
The Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell has developed a special program designed to repay up to $25,000 of student loan debt as a way of helping its MBA graduates pursue entrepreneurial ventures straight out of school.
New York, NY (May 10, 2004) -- Women with diabetes are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) than men with diabetes and persons without diabetes -- yet prevention and treatment of CVD in women with diabetes is inadequate, according to an article authored by a NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center physician-scientist and published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.The risk of heart attack is 150 percent greater in women with diabetes than in women without diabetes, but only 50 percent greater in men with diabetes versus men without the disease. Women with diabetes are also more likely to have hypertension than are men with the disease.
Scientists led by a Cornell chemist have determined the structure of a key protein that binds to a powerful immunosuppressive agent, opening the door to improved cancer treatments and human gene therapy.
Akua Kuenyehia, the first vice president of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, discussed the challenge of indictment and prosecution of gender crimes during a Law School workshop, April 28. (May 1, 2008)
Campaigns are not just about raising a lot of money -- they are about raising a lot of money for specific academic priorities. That is a major lesson learned from Cornell's last record-setting $1.5 billion campaign, 1990-95.
Twelve students, the pilot group in the Intensive Arabic Program, are speaking and writing in Arabic this semester while engaging with the culture and studying at a university in Amman, Jordan. (March 15, 2010)
Nursing staff and family members of residents in nursing homes often distrust and misunderstand each other, feel powerless to improve communication and feel distressed by the situation, according to a Cornell study.