Vice President for University Relations Joel Malina sent a statement to the Cornell community Nov. 7 reporting that a bomb threat appeared to have been a hoax.
Treatment with the amino acid arginine enhanced the effectiveness of radiation therapy in cancer patients with brain metastases in a clinical trial from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Angel H. Roffo Cancer Institute.
Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School and co-author of a leading 21-volume immigration law series, says the House bill’s immigration provisions, while more limited than originally proposed, would still be the most significant immigration legislation in decades.
A $1.8 million gift from Gail and Roberto Cañizares ’71, MBA ’74, will provide substantial support to the Emerging Markets Institute at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
On Nov. 3, the Federal Reserve announced it would begin reducing the pace of its monthly bond purchases, a step toward more normal monetary policy. Erica Groshen says tapering should raise long-term interest rates and that could increase demand for labor.
Felix Heisel, an architect focused on the systematic redesign of the built environment, and Timur Dogan, an energy modeling expert and director of the Environmental Systems Lab, are helping the City of Ithaca with a plan to decarbonize and electrify all buildings.
The newly released Astro2020 decadal survey has ranked the projects the astronomer community wants to prioritize for the next 10 years. The 614-page NASA-sponsored report highlights the search for extraterrestrial life, as well as stressing the need for greater diversity among astronomy’s ranks.
George Will and Martha Nussbaum discussed “The Future of Division I College Athletics: Sexual Assault and Academic Corruption” Oct. 28, as part of the Coors Conversation Series.
