A survey of doctors on both sides of the border finds physicians in Ontario, Canada, spend almost $60,000 less per year on interacting with insurers. (Aug. 4, 2011)
President Skorton and Provosts Kent Fuchs and Laurie Glimcher are directing the development of diversity goals through the University Diversity Council, with universitywide accountability.
An interdisciplinary team of Ithaca and Weill Cornell researchers have created an artificial implant to replace intervertebral discs in the spinal column. (Aug. 1, 2011)
Undergraduate and graduate students in landscape architecture and city and regional planning developed their computer-generated design strategies for a group of citizens concerned over a new waterfront zoning being implemented by the New York City Planning Department for Greenpoint Terminal.
Virologists at Cornell's Animal Health Diagnostic Center isolate hundreds of respiratory and intestinal tract samples each month from New York City's live bird markets in an effort to root out any types of avian influenza virus and prevent such a flu in humans.
Bridging the Gap
This summer saw several regional firsts for Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q). The medical college, in Education City, Doha, initiated a new training program in Qatar for medical interpreters as an…
William Trochim has received a $2.3 million grant over five years from the National Science Foundation to develop a Web-based system that will help evaluate science-based education programs. (Dec. 5, 2008)
MRI-guided ultrasound ablation, a new noninvasive treatment for tremors being offered at Weill Cornell Medicine, is helping people with essential tremors.
Irene H.S. So '61 was the honoree at the 21st annual CAAA Banquet Jan. 21 at Grand Harmony Palace in Manhattan. Also at the event, artist Kwong Lum donated one of his works as a gift to Cornell. (Jan. 23, 2012)