For nearly 20 years, a group of chemical biologists at Cornell University has been refining a technique for peering into the inner workings of cells to watch cancer-fighting drugs at work.
As a respite from summertime weed-whacking, fly-swatting and pest-repelling, a new book edited and co-authored by Cornell's ecologist David Pimentel makes compelling reading.
Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings announced today (July 31) that he has accepted a letter of resignation from the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Philip E. Lewis, effective June 30, 2003.
Colleen Wright-Riva has been named to serve as director of Cornell Dining and Retail Services, effective immediately, LeNorman Strong, assistant vice president for student and academic services at Cornell University, has announced.
Cornell University officials said today (July 29) that they are fully cooperating with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office in Syracuse in the investigation into the alleged theft of research materials by a scientist formerly employed at Cornell. Qingqiang Yin, 38, was detained at a security checkpoint at Syracuse International Airport July 28 when vials containing unknown substances were found in his luggage and in that of his wife and 4-year-old daughter, who were accompanying him. (July 29, 2002)
Cornell Plantations is offering a $200 reward for information leading to the arrest of the individual, or individuals, responsible for the theft of two container plantings from Cornell Plantations' patio on the evenings of July 16 and July 18.
Do you know about Frank Dukepoo, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Anna Botsford Comstock or Jim Bell? You will if you close your textbooks, open your eyes and stare straight up at the Ithaca Sciencenter's new Wall of Inspiration to be dedicated on July 27 at 5:30 p.m.
When they work at the same university, highly educated couples with children report much more job, marriage and family satisfaction and less stress balancing the demands of work and family than other dual-earner professional couples where one spouse works at a university and the other works elsewhere.
For developing the ringspot virus-resistant papaya that saved the Hawaiian papaya industry, Dennis Gonsalves, the former Cornell University Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of plant pathology, and his research team will receive the prestigious 2002 Alexander von Humboldt Award for Agriculture. The research team includes Richard Manshardt of the University of Hawaii, Maureen Fitch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Jerry Slightom of Pharmacia-Upjohn Co. (July 23, 2002)
The New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced that Judd Falls Road from Route 366 to Campus Road on the Cornell University campus will be closed as of July 21. The closure is part of a $2 million renovation project that will reconstruct Route 366 between the intersections of Pine Tree and Judd Falls roads. The bridge carrying Route 366 over Cascadilla Creek will be replaced and widened to accommodate four lanes of traffic. The intersection of Judd Falls Road and Route 366 will be moved 200 feet east of its existing location when it reopens in the summer of 2003. (July 22, 2002)