Michael Kaplitt, a neurosurgeon at Weill Cornell Medical College, talked about his career and research, which includes developing gene therapy for Parkinson's disease, in a talk on campus Oct. 20. (Oct. 27, 2009)
Using a cotton candy machine, a team of physicians and scientists from Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Ithaca campus may have developed a way to create engineered tissue. (Feb. 17, 2009)
Young adults self mutilate to cope with emotional pain, independent of other mental illness, finds Janis Whitlock, who urges doctors and nurses to routinely screen for evidence of such behaviors. (June 8, 2010)
Nutritionist Patsy Brannon served on an Institute of Medicine committee to update recommendations, including tripling the intake of vitamin D for healthy people. (Jan. 7, 2011)
Cornell President David Skorton led a committee that triggered the Ivy League presidents to accept a new series of recommendations that cut the number of concussions in football. (July 21, 2011)
Cornell scientists have helped develop a new method to end life-threatening heart fibrillations with much less pain and potential damage. Their study is published in Nature. (July 13, 2011)
Craig Fennie, assistant professor of applied and engineering physics, and Sheila Nirenberg, associate professor of physiology and biophysics at Weill Cornell Medical College, have been named 2013 MacArthur Fellows.
CornellCast video includes lectures by Cornell professors or visiting scholars, panel discussions on current events or critical issues and interviews with Cornell personalities. (May 20, 2010)
More than 70 high school students learned about sustainable and just community food systems June 28-30 at Cornell's first Youth Grow Summit. (July 6, 2011)
Cornell gerontologists have published the first study to examine how nursing home residents perceive electronic health information technology. The study shows that the technology poses no harm to the residents. (July 1, 2011)