The Cub Club in Ithaca pairs young girls with young adult women to give the younger girls role models for success. For both the big and little "sisters," the benefits go beyond just the hockey rink. (Nov. 24, 2010)
A 'Meeting of the Minds' faculty panel examined how biomedical and digital technology affect human experience. The panel was the centerpiece of 'Cornell on the Charles' event, Nov. 18 in Boston. (Nov. 23, 2010)
Two Cornell research teams have each received National Institutes of Health grants to identify factors influencing the careers of women in biomedical and behavioral sciences and engineering. (Oct. 22, 2009)
Linguistics scholar Amanda Miller is doing research with high-speed ultrasound technology to help her and fellow researchers successfully record and classify clicks in an endangered African language. (Oct. 21, 2009)
Even the low-level but chronic noise of everyday local traffic can cause stress in children and raise blood pressure, heart rates and levels of stress hormones, reports a new study by a Cornell environmental psychologist and his European co-authors.
Cornell natural-areas staff spotted small fluffy white sacs along the base of the needle on an eastern hemlock: telltale signs that a devastating pest had invaded Cornell's hemlocks for the first time.
Cornell faculty members Linda Rayor and John Weiss have been named 2005 winners of the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Service-Learning Award. The annual award, which comes with a $5,000 purse for each recipient, recognizes the winners' involvement with service-learning projects that actively involve Cornell students in research, teaching and outreach efforts addressing important community-identified policy issues. It is given by Cornell's Public Service Center.
In a new campus initiative, vegetable oil from deep fryers in campus dining halls, animal bedding, farm waste and other sources of 'biotrash' will be transformed to help fuel the university. (March 5, 2009)
Michael Kammen, the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell, has been honored by the Library of Virginia with an award for his 1999 nonfiction book, Robert Gwathmey: The Life and Art of a Passionate Observer, published by the University of North Carolina Press.