A new study of some 93,000 postmenopausal American women found those with the highest amounts of sedentary time – defined as sitting and resting but excluding sleeping – died earlier than their most active peers.
Eight students and a professor spent 10 days in Ghana over winter break, talking to women about their concerns for their communities. The findings will help shape future service trips to Ghana.
Charles D. Cramton, assistant dean for graduate legal studies at Cornell Law School since 2000, was recently appointed to a special committee taking a comprehensive look at the current New York state bar examination. The committee is charged with determining the bar exam's effectiveness in measuring professional competence and the exam's effect on law school curricula and on diversity in the judiciary and the bar.
Events on campus include films about the Voyager mission and The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper;” a musical version of Homer’s “Odyssey,” Science on Tap with Mason Peck on accessible space travel; and a talk on medieval images of the heavens with author and art historian Benjamin Anderson.
Settling a long-established debate over the origin of Phytophthora infestans – the pathogen that led to the Irish potato famine in the 1840s – plant scientists now conclude from genetic analyses that it came from Central Mexico and not the Andes.
Eight faculty members have received Stephen H. Weiss Awards for excellence in their teaching of undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education.
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.
Professor of history Edward Baptist led a service learning trip to Jamaica with 17 students over spring break as part of a course in understanding global capitalism.
Cornell will offer four new massive open online courses - or MOOCs - in 2016. Learn abouts sharks, GMOs, engineering simulations and how mergers and acquisitions get done.
Websites and phone apps that offer information and tools can be effective to help prevent major weight gain and obesity associated with pregnancy, according to Cornell studies.