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A sampling of national and international news coverage featuring Cornell and people at Cornell.
Astronomy Professor Steve Squyres is one of the scientists discussing the search for life on Mars.
Article recounts San Fernando Valley, Calif., participation in the 109th annual national Audubon Christmas Bird Count, a citizen science collaboration between the National Audobon Society and the Lab of Ornithology at Cornell.
Margaret Frey, fiber science and apparel design faculty member, explains why clothes shrink when washed.
Cornell Chronicle Editorial Assistant Trisha Bush shares the reunion with her husband, Staff Sergeant Carl Bush, who returned home along with other local members of the National Guard after a nearly one-year deployment in Afghanistan.
Janis Dickinson, faculty member in natural resources and director of Citizen Science at the Lab of Ornithology, is quoted in an article about mistletoe.
William Briggs, adjunct faculty member in mathematics, is quoted in a humorous look at number-crunching the annual rounds of Santa Claus.
Rui Hai Liu, food science faculty member, is quoted in an article about the benefits from eating apples.
Eswar Prasad, professor of applied economics and management, is quoted in an article about the effect of the economic crisis on the exports of Asian nations.
ILR faculty member Arthur Wheaton is quoted in an article about the 260 jobs that will be lost when the ArcelorMittal plant in Lackawanna, N.Y., closes next year.
Eswar Prasad, professor of applied economics and management, comments on the effect of the economic crisis on international trade restrictions.
Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. candidate George K. Lewis and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor William L. Olbricht talk about their development of a pocket-sized high-intensity therapeutic ultrasound device.
Economics Professor Robert Frank is a panelist in a discussion about the benefits of infrastructure spending.
Neurobiology and behavior Professor Paul Sherman is quoted in an article about the merits of nepotism in light of Caroline Kennedy's bid to fill secretary of state nominee Hillary Clinton's senate seat.
Edward Nersessian, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, discusses the impact the Madoff investment scandal has had on the organization he founded that is devoted to studying the imagination.
In a column about science-based celebrations of the holiday season, Ann Druyan, widow of the late Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan, reflects on her husband's legacy and philosophical views of our place in the universe.
President David Skorton talks about his visit to Iran as part of a delegation of U.S. university presidents. (Farsi language broadcast; President Skorton's segment appears at the 1 hour, 4 minute mark).
On Good Morning America this morning, Diane Sawyer named "Birdscapes: A Pop-Up Celebration of Bird Songs in Stereo Sound" by Miyoko Chu, director of communications for the Laboratory of Ornithology, as her favorite coffee-table book from this year.
Steven Kyle, professor of applied economics and management, sophomore Konstantin Drabkin, and grad student Jessica Sitnik react to New York Gov. David Paterson's executive budget.
Randy Allen, associate dean for corporate relations at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, comments on the response by boutique owners to the realities of the economic crisis.
"Luxury Fever," a 1999 book by Economics Professor Robert Frank, is mentioned in an article about changing attitudes towards luxury goods.
Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research, is cited in an op-ed about the economic crisis' effect on the labor movement.
William Miller, medical director of the College of Veterinary Medicine's Companion Animal Hospital, comments on people and pets' abilities to verbally communicate with each other.
The Northeast Regional Climate Center's prediction for places that will have at least an inch of snow on the ground on Christmas day is discussed.
Dr. Thomas Sato, professor in cell and developmental biology at Weill Cornell Medical College, is a lead author of a study that has identified a protein that helps replace dead heart muscle with stiffening scar tissue, the discovery of which is expected to aid the development of new therapies to prevent this damage.
In his column, Richard A. Friedman, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, writes about the psychological impact of the economic crisis for people who work in the finance industry.
Paul Helfenstein, astronomy faculty member, is quoted in an article about recent findings from the spacecraft Cassini about Saturn's moon Enceladus.
William Jacobson, law school faculty member, is quoted in an article about the corruption case of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Alumna Nancy Sutley ('84), the deputy mayor for energy and environment for the city of Los Angeles, has been nominated to serve in President-elect Barack Obama's administration as chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
William Trochim, professor of policy analysis and management, has received a $2.3 million grant to help evaluate science-based education programs.
Christopher Clark, director of the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Lab of Ornithology, talks about the effects of noise pollution from ocean-going ship engines, sonar devices and seismic exploration on marine mammals.
Dr. Kirk Deitsch, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, is quoted in an article about a new vaccine for parasite-caused Giardia infections.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America" by Mike Huckabee.
In an article about the Cornell-Long Island Deer Tick Study, Dale Moyer of Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County is quoted.
Former President Hunter Rawlings comments on a controversial proposal by the University of Illinois at Chicago to eliminate all courses in ancient Greek and advanced study in Latin, due to potential budget cuts.
ILR faculty member John Hausknecht is the lead author of a study that looks at how unemployment rates affect the absenteeism of unhappy workers.
Michael King, biomedical engineering faculty member, has developed an implantable device that would trap and kill cancer cells in the bloodstream before they spread through the body.
Gail Saltz, psychiatry faculty member at Weill Cornell, comments to CNN correspondent Gary Tuchman on Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich mental condition.
Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research, is quoted in an article about the upcoming union vote at Smithfield Packing Co.'s North Carolina hog slaughterhouse.
Mary Tabacchi, hotel administration faculty member, is quoted in an article about health spas.
Glen Dowell, management and organizations faculty member, is quoted in an article about a possible "car czar," a federal appointee to oversee emergency aid to the auto industry.
Dr. Louis Aronne, Weill Medical College professor, comments on a new study that details the addictive properties of sugar.
Rui Hai Liu, food science faculty member, answers a reader's question about the nutritional value of foods.
Michael Waldman, professor of economics, talks about the findings of a study he co-authored that points to possible environmental triggers for autism.
Steven Kyle, professor of applied economics and management, discusses the economic outlook for 2009 and what the government should do.
Mark Anbinder, alumnus and CIT Senior Technical Consultant, writes an obituary of Bob Petrillose, the legendary founder of the Hot Truck, who passed away at age 77 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.
President David Skorton comments on a newly released recording in which President Richard Nixon made disparaging remarks about Ivy League presidents.
Janis Whitlock, human development faculty member, is quoted in a report on recent studies into the practice of self-injury by teenagers and young adults.
Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research, is quoted in an article about the intensifying battle over the Employee Free Choice Act, which seeks to improve workers' ability to organize into labor unions.
President David Skorton's decision to forego a pay raise is mentioned in an article about similar responses to the economic crisis by other university's leaders.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln" by John Stauffer.
In her monthly column, Jennifer Wilkins, director of the Cornell Farm to School Program, writes about the benefits of drinking raw milk.
Susan Christopherson, professor of city and regional planning, is quoted in an article about a proposal to consolidate some of upstate New York's smaller school districts.
Economics Professor Robert Frank, in his column, comments on President-elect Obama's plans for cutting taxes.
Cornell's president is suggested in an editorial as one possible replacement for Hillary Clinton as New York senator, should she be confirmed as President-elect Obama's secretary of state.
Law Dean Stewart J. Schwab comments on the school's being ranked the highest of the 15 law schools in New York state in percentage of students passing the bar exam on the first attempt.
Horticulture Professor Bill Miller answers a reader's question about planting bulbs in the garden.
Cornell University is touted as being the central draw for Ithaca, N.Y., in an article about Ithaca having the strongest middle class housing market in the nation.
Johannes Lehmann, crop and soil sciences faculty member, discusses the fertilizer benefits for farming of biochar, the carbon-neutral byproduct of the energy-producing burning of organic material.
Stephen T. Golding, executive vice president for finance and administration, is quoted in an article about the changes to their financial practices that colleges and universities may need to make to handle the economic crisis.
Stephen Josephson, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, comments on a new study about Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Richard Hurd, professor of industrial and labor relations, comments on the clash between environmentalists and the auto industry over how potential bailout money should be spent.
Fiber Science and Apparel Design faculty member Juan Hinestroza is quoted in a story about the many uses for nano-technology in fabric design.
Rohit Verma, Hotel Administration faculty member, is the coauthor of a report that looked into the advisability for hotel staffers of using service scripts with the public, and he is quoted in an article about its findings.
Michael Lynn, hotel administration professor and former waiter, is quoted in an article that details exactly who should be tipped, as well as for how much, over the holidays.
Alumnus Cliff Mass talks about the impact the late Astronomy Professor Carl Sagan had on the direction of his professional life while he was an undergraduate at Cornell.
"Slammin' Yamz" is the winning entry in an annual ice cream contest for food science students, having edged out "Carobu Trails," and it will be sold at the Cornell Dairy Bar. Watch for it this spring.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "New Deal or Raw Deal," by Burton W. Folsom Jr.
In their blog on the Huffington Post, American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler and alumnus Kevin Morris review the book Call Me Ted, by Ted Turner with Bill Burke.
