NEW YORK -- During February, Cornellians in New York City participated in the Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) Dog Show, celebrated the Lunar Year of the Dog and learned about the incomes of the super rich.
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NEW YORK -- An 18-month-old girl was the first in the New York City area to receive a titanium rib prosthesis to correct a severe form of congenital curvature -- or scoliosis -- of her spine that constricts the lung cavity.
Three Cornell researchers will receive Hartwell awards for their cutting-edge research to benefit children: Charles Glatt and Anjali Rajadhyaksha of Weill Cornell Medical College and John March in Ithaca. (April 3, 2008)
NEW YORK -- The man who founded the popular travel Web site Priceline.com, Jay S. Walker, ILR '77, told a standing-room-only New York City audience on April 27 that the "age of the muscle is ending" and is "being replaced by the age of the mind." Walker was addressing more than 225 Cornell alumni and guests at Cornell Theory Center's (CTC) Manhattan offices.
Imagine a version of Google Street View where you could hit the rewind button and see any point in time over the last five years. Cornell researchers are building something like that, at least for a few much-photographed places, such as 5Pointz in Queens, left.
Events this week include a Science Cabaret on synthetic biology; networking at the Johnson Museum; "Anarchy in the Archives" ending in Kroch Library; and a reading by MFA student writers.
Cornell has signed an agreement with the government of Paraguay to further international outreach, fieldwork and exchange of information and resources.
The Cornell Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City Thursday, June 24. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St.
Faculty members Nina Bassuk, Marie Caudill and Rajit Manohar have been named Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows for their inspiring teaching of undergraduates, President David Skorton announced.