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A sampling of national and international news coverage featuring Cornell and people at Cornell.
How, in less than a decade, did America go from being a country in which some states punished gay sex with criminal penalties to one in which the highest elected official in the land now champions the right of same-sex couples to marry? The answer can be found in the interaction between supporters of marriage equality and the Christian conservative movement over the past few decades.
Chris Barrett, professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, warns about a "dangerous complacency" about global food shortages and the world's demand for nutrition increases.
Lynne Irwin, an engineer and director of Cornell's Local Roads Program, is featured in this article on driverless cars.
A potentially life-saving hooded bodysuit, embedded with insecticides that repel malaria-spreading mosquitos, designed by a Cornell student was unveiled this week at the Cornell Fashion Collective.
Cornell researchers say that the explosive growth in the world's population has been accompanied by a dramatic increase in the number of rare gene variants in the human population, a fact that could significantly affect genetic models of human populations.
Cornell Law Professor William Jacobson checks in with NightSide to discuss the ancestry claims of Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic Senate candidate.
John Cawley, professor of economics, believes that econoimcs PhD students are hot commodities.
A recent study co-authored by Richard Burkhauser, professor of human ecology, concludes that middle class income has grown by about 36 per cent in recent decades.
Jasper Kok, a postdoctoral researcher of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, is quoted on the topic of the bouncing sands of Mars.
Two Cornell researchers, Brian Schiffer and Sima Mitra, have created a chronograph that attempts to measure one's perception of time.
Cornell's NYC Tech Campus is extensively featured in this New York Magazine article.
Article discusses how global warming could put New York City at risk for chikungunya, a debilitating viral disease.
Cornell-Technion applied sciences campus to be built on Roosevelt Island is noted as a positive recent development for NYC's tech community.
Mindi Schneider, a graduate student in development sociology, has conducted field research in the Chinese pig industry, and says that with the government's push to develop China's domestic industry, she is skeptical of the current international rush to supply China's meat market.
Thom Mayne of the firm Morphosis has been selected to design the first academic building for Cornell's tech graduate school campus on Roosevelt Island in NYC.
A potentially life-saving hooded bodysuit, embedded with insecticides that repel malaria-spreading mosquitos, designed by a Cornell student was unveiled this week at the Cornell Fashion Collective.
According to Cornell research, the practice of not counting odd lots, or trades of fewer than 100 shares of stock, distorts volume tallies.
Elizabeth Bunting, a wildlife veterinarian at the Vet School, is featured in this article concerning the rescue of a baby hawk from a plastic bag.
Cornell's NYC Tech Campus is noted as an essential component of plans for a Silicon City on Roosevelt Island.
The demographic shift has made it even more difficult for African Americans to find good jobs, said Vernon M. Briggs Jr., a Cornell labor economist who has studied the effect of immigration on blacks for more than three decades.
Cornell's Lab of Ornithology as well as researchers Chris Wood and Andrew Farnsworth are extensively referenced in this article.
Article about spring tree planting includes advice from the Department of Horticulture.
Cornell has been ranked as a 2012 top university for food lovers.
Cornell researchers have found in the 12-week study that consumption of 930 milligrams of choline a day by women in their third trimester of pregnancy is linked with a 33 percent decreased concentration of cortisol -- the stress hormone -- in their babies.
Cornell's Center for Technology Enterprise & Commercialization is noted in this article.
Richard Burkhauser, professor of human ecology, argues that the Social Security Disability Insurance should be modified to help reduce strain on the system and make it possible for more disabled people to remain in the labor force.
Jens David Ohlin, professor of law, believes that "The whole field (of international criminal justice) is in disarray over sentencing."
Labor economist Linda Barrington is quoted as saying that the economy is in a 'holding-pattern' of slow labor-market improvement.
According to Cornell researchers, it turns out people are less prone to lying about major accomplishments on social networks like LinkedIn than they are on traditional resumes.
Eswar Prasad, professor of economics, notes that a recent China-U.S. economics meeting made modest but tangible progress.
Steve Squyres, lead scientist of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity and a professor of astronomy, believes that recently discovered rocks on Mars may potentially shelter life.
Microsoft's new NYC research lab will be looking to form partnerships with CornellNYC and other East Coast universities.
Richard Burkhauser, professor of human ecology, argues that the Social Security Disability Insurance should be modified to help reduce strain on the system and make it possible for more disabled people to remain in the labor force.
Cornell social psychologist David Dunning explains why people overestimate their abilities.
The doubling of U.S. exports "was an aspiration when it was disclosed, and now it seems an increasingly difficult objective to meet," says Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy.
Steve Squyres, lead scientist of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity and a professor of astronomy, believes that recently discovered rocks on Mars may potentially shelter life.
Germany hasn’t even embraced the austerity it urges on other countries, because it hasn’t had to, says Steven Kyle, professor of economics in the Dyson School.
Cornell Cooperative Extension agents are educating growers across the state about the use of native nematode worms to control destructive alfalfa snout beetles.
Entomology graduate student Jason Gibbs has discovered a new species of sweat-eating bees in New York City.
According to the data series constructed by Eswar Prasad, professor of economics, the Renminbi has risen 29 per cent against the US dollar since the year 2000.
A potentially life-saving hooded bodysuit, embedded with insecticides that repel malaria-spreading mosquitos, designed by a Cornell student was unveiled this week at the Cornell Fashion Collective.
John Cawley, Ph.D., a professor of economics and co-director of the Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors and Disparities, comments on recent research into childhood obesity.
Impossibly cute baby herons and their prehistoric-looking parents are in clear view on dual high-definition "nestcams" at Cornell.
Cornell researchers have dug into IMDB’s top movie quotes list to understand what, exactly, makes a movie line memorable.
Entomology graduate student Jason Gibbs discovered new species of sweat bees in New York City.
The rise of social media and online petitions has given the world a new communications currency, according to Lee Howard Adler, who teaches employment law and public sector collective bargaining and labor law at the ILR school.
