After a week of tense and intense judging in the 2005 Solar Decathlon solar-house design contest, the Cornell University team took second place to the University of Colorado in the final rankings.
With more campus consultation ahead, three groups of distinguished faculty members have been working since early this year to develop action plans addressing three challenges offering opportunities for Cornell to establish leadership.
To offer a healthful alternative to the 1992 U.S. Food Guide Pyramid, Cornell University and Harvard University researchers have teamed up with other experts in unveiling an official Vegetarian Diet Pyramid. (Jan. 7, 1998)
Researchers are reporting the development of a framework reference map of the canine genome. The article appears in today's issue of Genomics, published by the Academic Press.
Some 80 percent of older moms admit they have a favorite among their grown children, according to a new Cornell University/Louisiana State University pilot study, and about 80 percent of children said they always knew it. But when asked which kid was mom's favorite, most adult children get it wrong.
Most African nations remain entrenched in the cultural, legal and other practices of their former British, French or Portuguese colonizers, a generation or more after achieving independence, according to Joan Mulondo, program coordinator of the Institute for African Development at Cornell.
Jeffrey S. Lehman, dean of the University of Michigan Law School and national leader in higher education, was appointed Cornell University's 11th president by the Board of Trustees at a special meeting held on campus today (Saturday, Dec. 14).
Although numerous programs try to help children recognize and deal with verbal and physical aggression, one Cornell University program has been shown to significantly reduce children's aggressive behavior.
As the Medicaid system moves into a managed care model on a state-by-state basis, the entire medical structure in this country will change dramatically and the potential consequences "could be monumental," warns a Cornell University health economist.
Donations of leftovers by restaurants to food pantries and other human service agencies are declining markedly as restaurants become better managed, according to a study by Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.