WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Despite the remarkable advances in earthquake prediction and mitigation that have been made over the past 25 years, the risk to the United States still "remains unacceptably high," a prominent Cornell University engineer told a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing today (May 8). Speaking before the subcommittee on basic research, part of the House Committee on Science, Thomas O'Rourke, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Cornell, Ithaca, N.Y., said that at current federal funding levels he and his colleagues believe that it will take "100 plus years to secure the nation against unacceptable earthquake risks." (May 08, 2003)
New York, NY (May 7, 2003) -- An innovative treatment for the deadliest brain cancer -- consisting of pharmaceutical wafers applied directly to the brain in lieu of traditional intravenous chemotherapy -- has recently been shown to extend the lives of patients with early-stage disease, according to a physician-scientist at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Susan Pannullo, Director of the Division of Neuro-Oncology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, will discuss the treatment today (May 7), at The Delaware Valley Brain Tumor Support Group in Philadelphia, as part of National Brain Cancer Awareness Week, May 5-12.The FDA-approved treatment, which involves the implanting of dime-sized GLIADEL¨ wafers in the brain cavity following surgical removal of the glioma tumor, has shown to have a dramatic benefit for early stage brain tumor patients. A study published this year shows that patients with early-stage gliomas treated with GLIADEL live, on average, 26 percent longer than patients with traditional intravenous therapy (13.5 months vs. 10 months).
A scholarly gathering, with visitors from around the world, will be held at Cornell, May 10, to celebrate the 80th birthday one of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology's most eminent members, Professor Emeritus Fred W. McLafferty.
Army ants, nature's ultimate coalition task force, strike their prey en masse in a blind, voracious column and pay no attention to the conventional wisdom of evolutionary biologists.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told students who filled Cornell University's Call Alumni Auditorium April 23 for the first Kaplan Family Distinguished Lecture in Public Service.
Cornell University is leading a newly formed international consortium of six universities and institutes collaborating on high-energy density plasma research, with the aim of developing a promising fusion power source.
Morris K. Udall Scholarships for the 2003-04 academic year have been awarded to two Cornell University undergraduates – Abigail Krich and Summer Rayne A. Oakes.
Two members of Cornell University's faculty – one from Lebanon, the other from South Africa, one studying plant reproduction, the other probing black holes – have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot," singer Joni Mitchell lamented in the 1970s. Three decades later, they are demolishing a parking lot and paving the way for a paradise.
How safe is New York state according to the people who live here? What do New Yorkers believe are the most pressing problems facing the state today? And how does the state stack up as a place to find good jobs with benefits and room for advancement? The answers to those and a range of other questions can make an enormous difference in everything from state policies to federal grants. But while many other states have long had reliable, nonpartisan annual survey data on their residents, New York state hasn't until now. This June the results of the first ever Cornell Empire State Poll will be released. The new poll is a joint initiative between the Survey Research Institute (SRI) at Cornell University and Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, with assistance from the Department of Communication and other research departments. (April 30, 2003)