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.
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)
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)
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)
Cathy Caruth, the M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor, discussed archiving and erasing history and memory in the works of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Derrida,during a lecture May 6. (May 12, 2010)
Seventeen graduates of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar's Class of 2010 assembled May 5 to receive their Cornell medical degrees - the culmination of six years of study and training. (May 10, 2010)
Weill Cornell Medical College has received a $100 million gift from longtime benefactors Joan and Sanford I. Weill to launch a $300 million capital campaign dedicated to using the most advanced scientific approaches to rapidly translate research breakthroughs into innovative treatments and therapies for patients.
A new Cornell study suggests that long-term, regular use of vitamin E in women 45 years of age and older may help decrease the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by about 10 percent. (June 15, 2011)
A Cornell plant virologist, an alumna and three Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have each received grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative. (Nov. 14, 2012)