The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded Cornell insecticide toxicologist David Soderlund two grants, providing more than $2.5 million over five years, to study how insecticides affect human health. (June 9, 2007)
Michael I. Kotlikoff discusses his role as the university's chief academic officer, the strategic planning process he will lead for Cornell and how his experience as a dean has prepared him for this job.
When 15 biomedical research scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) discussed some of the highlights and pitfalls of their chosen profession, they mentioned becoming too involved in their own research and losing touch…
NEW YORK (March 18, 2005) -- Weill Medical College of Cornell University researchers have made the startling discovery that renin -- a kidney-secreted enzyme crucial to blood pressure regulation -- is also synthesized and secreted by mast cells within the heart.Renin breaks down a precursor, angiotensinogen, to form angiotensin. Because angiotensin is a major culprit in the development of cardiovascular diseases, the discovery that renin is produced outside the kidneys could revolutionize our therapeutic approach to these conditions.
Poet, novelist and short-story writer Robert Morgan, the Kappa Alpha Professor of English at Cornell, will receive an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters May 16. (April 19, 2007)
Cornell University mathematics professor Richard T. Durrett, an expert in probability, and Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and author, have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are among the 177 fellows and 30 foreign honorary members elected to join the class of 2002. The academy, founded in 1780, honors distinguished scientists, scholars and leaders in public affairs, business, administration and the arts. The two new fellows will be inducted during academy ceremonies to be held at the academy's headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 5. (May 8, 2002)
Briefs: Alumni trustee nominees: The Cornell Alumni Federation's Committee on Alumni Trustee Nominations has endorsed and nominated four candidates to run for election in 2000 for two seats as alumni trustees on the Cornell Board of Trustees.
Ten artists from this year's reunion classes will exhibit their work at the second annual Cornell University alumni art exhibition June 3 through 14 in the John Hartell Gallery in Sibley Hall.
Garbage-truck traffic through Ithaca -- instead of on the surrounding interstates -- does not save truckers time or much money, and is causing safety issues for the community, a Cornell study shows. (June 9, 2008)
A Cornell University housing and energy expert has been named to head a New York state consumer program to promote energy-saving incentives for homeowners, landlords and builders.