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A sampling of national and international news coverage featuring Cornell and people at Cornell.
Dr. Ed Craig, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, relates his experience as an expert interviewed for insight into the swine flu virus outbreak.
Dr. Andrew J. Dannenberg, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, discusses why his research offers a potential explanation for why pain-relievers known as COX-2 inhibitors increases the risk of heart problems among users.
President Obama has named alumnus Mark Gaston Pearce, '75, to the National Labor Relations Board.
Government faculty member David Siddhartha Patel discusses the openness of the Obama administration to improving relations with the Muslim world.
Gail Finan, director of dining services, discusses the reasons for the decision by Cornell and other universities to stop using trays in dining halls.
Michael Lipson, electrical and computer engineering faculty member, heads research that has developed a cloak that can conceal an object at optical wavelengths.
Jon Kleinberg, professor of computer science, has been named as the recipient of the 2008 ACM - Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences for his contributions to networking and the World Wide Web.
Daniel Lichter, policy analysis and management professor, discusses the role culture plays for American-born children of immigrants when choosing a mate.
Dr. Anne Moscona, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, discusses the swine flu outbreak and offers tips on avoiding the virus.
President David Skorton discusses steps the university has taken in response to the economic crisis.
David Crandall, computer science postdoctoral associate, talks about his research that analyzed over 33 million images uploaded to the Flickr photo-sharing website.
Joseph Hotchkiss, professor of food science, answers a reader's question about iodized salt in the commercial canning process.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life," by Gerald Martin.
Michael Waldman, professor of economics, discusses a possible cause for autism.
Anthropology Professor Meredith Small writes about perception versus reality in relationships.
Economics Professor Robert Frank authors an essay about the role luck plays in financial success.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind the Legend," by Paul Schneider.
Tom Heffernan and Sandra McIntosh, educators with the Cornell Cooperative Extensions offices in Ulster and Orange counties, respectively, offer advice on credit card use.
Nathan Sutter, veterinary medicine faculty member, comments on a cloned beagle who glows in the dark due to a red fluorescent gene transferred from sea anemones.
ILR faculty member Arthur Wheaton comments on the impact of 60 management job cuts at the General Motors plant in Tonowanda, N.Y.
Michael Johnson, hotel administration dean, discusses the effects of economic turmoil on the international hospitality industry.
Gary Evans, professor of design and environmental analysis, comments on the effects of job-related stress for bus drivers.
Robert H. Lieberman, physics faculty member, talks about his semi-autobiographical documentary "Last Stop Kew Gardens."
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, comments on how the global economic crisis has changed the role of the International Monetary Fund.
The Law School has placed 13th in a ranking of the nation's top law schools by U.S. News & World Report.
Computer Science Professor Jon Kleinberg comments on the increasing use of mobile phones in collecting data in an increasing number of disciplines.
Economics Professor Robert Frank authors an essay about the advantages of changing the country's income tax to a progressive consumption tax.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, comments on a gathering of finance ministers for meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
$40 million dollars of the late real-estate tycoon Leona Helmsly's estate has been awarded to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Art DeGaetano, director of Cornell's Northeast Regional Climate Center, discusses the benefits of a citizen-scientist initiative to gather weather data.
Chris Barrett, professor of applied economics and management, talks about steps needed to be taken to alleviate the global food crisis.
Robin Garrod, research associate in the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, discusses his co-discovery by radio astronomy of the complex carbon-rich molecule ethyl formate, the chemical responsible for the flavor of raspberries, near the center of our galaxy.
Government Professor Theodore Lowi is quoted in an essay about the phases of American history.
Darrell Schlom, professor in materials science and engineering, heads research into improvements to transistor technology.
A recipe from the book "The Skinny," by Weill Cornell Medical College Professor Louis Aronne features prominently in an answer to a reader's question about protein shakes.
Peggy Beach, director of campus information and visitor relations, comments on student spring celebrations such as Cornell's Slope Day.
Thomas Gilovich, psychology chair, comments on the role that consumer psychology plays in the economy.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball from Itself," by Michael Shapiro.
Engineering students Trey Riddle and David Zlotnick are featured in another of the magazine's series of articles following the progress of the Cornell Automotive X-Prize Team.
Op-ed discusses food purchasing choices and the writer's experience working last summer for Professor Brian Wansink, director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab.
Lori Bushway, horticulture faculty member, offers tips on ways home gardening can stretch a household's food dollar.
Robert Howarth, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, biofuel production may produce an unacceptable amount of greenhouse gas.
The book, "Operations & Supply Chain Management for the 21st Century," co-authored by Hotel Administration faculty member Rohit Verma, is reviewed.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Rosenfeld’s Lives: Fame, Oblivion, and the Furies of Writing" by Steven J. Zipperstein.
Dr. Darius Paduch, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, discusses potential health-related solutions to better sex.
Richard Korf, professor emeritus of mycology at Cornell University, talks about a collection of fungi brought from China to the U.S. in 1937.
Gary Whittaker, veterinary medicine faculty member, has published new findings about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
Fred B. Kotler, Industrial and Labor Relations faculty member, authors a study that demonstrates that Project Labor Agreements do not discriminate against employers and workers.
In a repatriation ceremony, Cornell University returned a valuable fungus collection to China. Involved were: President David Skorton, Herbarium Director Emeritus Richard Korf, Director Kathie Hodge, and Curator Robert Dirig.
(News of this ceremony appeared in over 400 outlets worldwide, including: the New York Times, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, the Guardian, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Hong Kong Herald, and Xinhua.)
Holly S. Andersen, M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, offers advice on exercise routines.
"The Skinny: On Losing Weight without Being Hungry-the Ultimate Guide to Weight Loss Success," a book by Weill Cornell Medical College Professor Dr. Louis J. Aronne, director of the Comprehensive Weight Loss Program, is reviewed.
Scientists are monitoring the asteroid Apothis, which will have two close encounters with Earth, in 2029 and 2036. The article mentions the role the Cornell-operated Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has in mapping its path.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Christopher Barrett comments on reasons that there are so few American-flagged cargo ships, such as the recently pirated Maersk Alabama.
Rick Hurd, professor of Industrial and Labor Relations, weighs in on the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee," by Allen Barra.
Roger Gosden, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, comments on research that suggests ways that female mammals can produce more eggs.
Rebecca Sparrow, director of Cornell Career Services, offers job-seeking advice to soon-to-be college graduates.
Gary Evans, professor of design and environmental analysis, and colleague Michelle Schamberg discovered a link between chronic stress from growing up in poverty and impairment of brain development.
Yahoo will work in partnership with Cornell and other universities on its cloud computing research project.
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote to New York Jets General Manager Mike Tannenbaum urging him to bring the Jets training camp to an Upstate New York college this summer. Cornell is among the colleges mentioned.
The Cornell Design League's 25th annual student-run fashion show, put on by more than 60 Cornell University students, is featured.
Cornell ranks seventh in a poll that measures the frequency of appearances on the internet, as well as global print and electronic media.
Dr. Louis Aronne, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, comments on a study that distinguishes a good kind of body fat from a bad --which can help people lose weight.
Judi Brownell, Hotel Administration professor and dean of students, is the author of a study outlining the value of effective listening in hotel service.
Weill Cornell Medical College Professor Timothy Wright talks about problems associated with elbow replacement procedures.
Dr. Marc Goldstein, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, discusses various factors that can lead to infertility in men and women.
Mariana Wolfner, professor of molecular biology and genetics, heads a study that has discovered a genetic basis for compatibility in mating behaviors.
Article discusses requests by colleges and universities for donors to fulfill pledges to donate earlier than planned, details the early fulfillment of a pledged gift to Cornell from Sanford I. Weill, chairman of the Weill Cornell Medical College Board of Overseers, and quotes Weill Cornell public affairs officer John D. Rodgers.
Aaron Strickland, food science research associate, talks about his work developing ways to use nanotechnology to improve crop growth.
Dr. Bruce Lerman, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, comments on the news that New York City's retiring archbishop Cardinal Edward Egan will need a pacemaker due to a previously undiscovered heart condition.
Sanford I. Weill, chairman of the Weill Cornell Medical College's Board of Overseers, accelerated his earlier pledge of $250 million and in December and January gave $170 million to the medical school.
Rui Hai Liu, food science faculty member, details his research that demonstrates how daily helpings of apples, as well as other fruits and vegetables, decreases the chance of getting breast cancer.
Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research, is quoted in an op-ed favoring the Employee Free Choice Act.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, comments on paradoxic nature of China as a world economic power.
Gary Evans, professor of human development, heads research that has discovered a link between the chronic stress from growing up in poverty and impairment of brain development.
Patsy Brannon, professor of nutritional sciences, warns about over-reliance on vitamins.
In their blog on the Huffington Post, American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler and alumnus Kevin Morris review the book "Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America," by Julia Angwin.
Dr. Katherine Halmi and Dr. Dara Bellace, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty members, discuss a new therapy for anorexic teens.
Marvin Pritts, horticulture professor and department chair, addresses the perception that college and university faculty contribute to the rising costs of college.
Hod Lipson, mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty member, discusses the computer algorithm that he developed with graduate student Michael Schmidt that allows a computer to ascertain natural laws from observed data.
Adam Savitz, Weill Medical College faculty member, is a co-author of a study that discovered that a compound that naturally occurs in the brain and other areas of the body, may be a promising treatment for schizophrenia.
Dan Luo, biological and environmental engineering faculty member, has developed a method of making proteins for use in medicine or industry without the use of live cells.
Dr. Jeffrey Laurence, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, comments on a study that finds that the earlier HIV treatment is started, the better the results.
ILR Professor Ronald G. Ehrenberg, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, comments on financial challenges faced by the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin is a former Cornell provost.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, says India should assume more of a leadership role in the world, due to its effective response to the economic crisis.
Melissa Thomas-Hunt, Johnson Graduate School of Management faculty member, comments on a study that found that the best solutions to problems often come from groups that include a socially distinct newcomer.
Jack Bradbury, professor of neurobiology and behavior, discusses his work studying the unique mating rituals of the male hammerhead bat, which sings to attract a mate.
William Jacobson, Law School faculty member, discusses schools where students represent aggrieved small investors in cases against their former brokers.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, comments on the G-20 summit meeting of world leaders taking place in London this week.
ILR Dean Harry Katz comments on the impact of the economic crisis on the relationship between General Motors and the United Automobile Workers, which represents its workforce.
