Dog-walker's elbow, cowboy thumb, snowmobiler's back and miner's knee are among the nearly 150 conditions described in a new book, "Atlas of Occupational Markers on Human Remains," by Luigi Capasso, Kenneth A.R. Kennedy and Cynthia A. Wilczak.
Student Agencies eLab, the nonprofit accelerator for undergraduate businesses, is helping nine student groups this semester develop and grow their business ideas.
Six Cornell University professors have received monetary awards from the Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantship program, administered by Cornell's universitywide Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise (EPE) Program.
Shelley Feldman, professor of development sociology, will bring an international perspective to Cornell's Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies program when she becomes its director July 1. (May 22, 2007)
Cornell University officials said today (July 29) that they are fully cooperating with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office in Syracuse in the investigation into the alleged theft of research materials by a scientist formerly employed at Cornell. Qingqiang Yin, 38, was detained at a security checkpoint at Syracuse International Airport July 28 when vials containing unknown substances were found in his luggage and in that of his wife and 4-year-old daughter, who were accompanying him. (July 29, 2002)
Cornell University received two one-year institutional development grants for stem cell research from the state of New York as part of $14.5 million in similar awards granted statewide Jan. 7. (Jan. 16, 2008)
Khaliq Gant has not worn a basketball uniform since a career-ending injury in January 2006. But he's still part of a team that went from just one winning season in nine years to winning Ivy League championships. (March 19, 2009)
George Malliaras, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has been named the L.B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Facility, and Don Tennant of Lucent Technologies will be director of operations.
Alice Pell, international professor of animal science, was named director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development, effective July 1.