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Cornell awarded the nation's first university degree in veterinary medicine and first doctorates in electrical engineering and industrial engineering.
A sampling of national and international news coverage featuring Cornell and people at Cornell.
Cornell athletic director Andy Noel comments on the prowess of Ivy League teams in national collegiate athletics.
Tracy Mitrano, director of IT policy, comments on a program for college students about their rights when it comes to downloading media from the Internet.
Alan Manevitz, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, describes strategies for an "early to bed, early to rise" lifestyle.
Meredith Small, anthropology professor, authors a column about the reasons behind our historical ophidiophobia.
Law School student and ILR alumnus Michael Zuckerman authors an op-ed about the best ways for states to spend their economic stimulus money.
Kathleen Rasmussen, nutritional science professor, chairs an advisory committee for the Institute of Medicine that revised its recommendations about weight gain during pregnancy.
Christopher Clark, director of the Lab of Ornithology's Bioacoustics Research Program, comments on the recording of a blue whale just 70 miles of the coast of Long Island. (Reports of this discovery appeared in over 100 news outlets nationwide.)
J. Thomas Brenna, professor of nutritional science, is the first recipient of a grant by the Partnership for Clean Competition, a group formed by the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the U.S. Olympic Committee and others for research into better ways to detect steroids in urine.
Jeffrey Hancock, communication faculty member, is one of the experts offering tips on how to detect a liar.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Singin' in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece," by Earl J. Hess and Pratibha A. Dabholkar.
Michael Dorf, professor of law, authors a commentary about the nomination of appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.
(Comments by Michael Dorf on Judge Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court appeared in USA Today and over a dozen news outlets worldwide.)
Irby Lovette and Sandra Vehrencamp, of the Lab of Ornithology, are among the coauthors of a study on the impact of climate patterns on birds' songs.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "The American Future: A History," by Simon Schama.
Viticulture and Enology junior Ben Stamp is quoted in a story about the future of the Finger Lakes area wine industry.
Rebecca Sparrow, director of Cornell Career Services, comments on the changing nature of internships for college students.
Timothy Murray, professor of comparative literature and English, comments on the effect of the increased use of digital media on tenure for faculty.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, comments on the impact of the economy of Europe on the world's recovery from the economic crisis.
Art faculty member Todd McGrain talks about the installation of a cast bronze sculpture he created of a Labrador duck, an extinct species last seen in Elmira in 1878.
Linda Robbins, a nutrition educator with the Herkimer County Cooperative Extension, comments on the increasing interest in canning foods.
In their blog on the Huffington Post, American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler and alumnus Kevin Morris review the book "The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement," by Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell Ph.D.
Astronomy professor Steve Squyres comments on the findings of the Mars rover Opportunity's explorations of the crater Victoria.
ILR faculty member Arthur Wheaton comments on the financial health of the United Auto Workers labor union.
The book, "The GI Bill: A New Deal for Veterans," co-authored by American Studies professor Glenn Altschuler and history professor emeritus Stuart Blumin, is reviewed.
Jefferson Tester, associate director of Center for a Sustainable Future, comments on the worthiness of geothermal energy.
Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member Dr. Allyson J. Ocean comments on a potential new treatment for pancreatic cancer.
Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of ILR's labor education research, discusses the study she authored which details the antiunion activities by employers of workers engaged in union organizing drives.
John Losey, entomology faculty member, talks about the dwindling numbers of Ladybugs in the Northeastern U. S., as well as the Lost Ladybug Project, a citizen science effort to track the insects' population.
Theodore Eisenberg, professor of law, discusses the effect on consumers' future rights to sue Chrysler of the automaker's bankruptcy plan.
Meredith Small, professor of anthropology, authors an essay about the culture shock she experienced that inspired her to become an anthropologist.
President David Skorton authors an op-ed describing his involvement with the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, which calls for linkage between economic stimulus packages and the environment.
Steven Strogatz, professor of mathematics, authors a guest op-ed about the numerical coincidences between cities and organisms.
Andrew Farnsworth, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry, of the Lab of Ornithology's Team Sapsucker, discuss their involvement in the 2009 World Series of Birding.
The Cornell-operated Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico features prominently in an article about the 10th anniversary of the SETI@home project, which uses a network of home computers to scour radio astronomy observations for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence.
Michael Dorf, professor of law, comments on President Barack Obama's possible nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mildred Warner, city and regional planning professor, discusses the proposed privatization of government services in Southern Florida.
Economics Professor Robert Frank is interviewed.
David Brown, development sociology professor, comments on the declining support for rural sociology departments at academic institutions.
President David Skorton outlines what will be looked at by the Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships, to which he was named chairman by New York's Governor David Paterson.
Veterinary Medicine faculty members Susan Wade and Craig Altier discuss the potential threat of germs in common summertime activities.
Dr. Louis Aronne, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, discusses five foods that trigger hunger (rather than relieve it), and also talks about his new book "The Skinny."
The work of Steven Strogatz, professor of applied mathematics, is cited in an article about hitting streaks in the game of baseball.
William Jacobson, professor of law, comments on how the issue of same-sex marriage impacts President Barack Obama's choice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
President David Skorton discusses his upcoming role as chairman of the Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008, by Thomas E. Ricks."
President David Skorton has been named by NY Governor David Paterson to serve as chairman of the Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships.
Vice-President Tommy Bruce comments on the move by the weekly Cornell Chronicle as well as many university publications to paperless, electronic publishing.
Kelly Zamudio, ecology and evolutionary biology faculty member, describes her experience being bitten by a rattlesnake in a story about similar injuries from various animals.
Chris Tremblay talks about his work with the The Right Whale Listening Network that's run by the Lab of Ornithology's Bioacoustics Research Laboratory.
William Jacobson, law school faculty member, speculates on the ramifications of the release of information about waterboarding and other interrogation methods.
Gregory Eells, director of Counseling and Psychological Services at Gannett Health Services, comments on the impact of the economic crisis on the quality of life at academic institutions.
Murray McBride, professor of crop and soil sciences, comments on concerns about lead in urban gardens.
Kelly Musick, Policy Analysis and Management faculty member, comments on the increased rate of births to unmarried women.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Meeting Jimmie Rodgers," by Barry Mazor.
Weill Cornell Medical College faculty members Jo Hannafin, M.D. and Amy Wechsler, M.D. have been named to women's health website LifeScript.com's first annual list of the top 21 women doctors, 6th and 18th respectively.
Cliff Pollock, professor of engineering, answers a reader's question about factors affecting the speed of light.
Menachem Z. Rosensaft, adjunct professor of law, authors an op-ed decrying a discussion forum on political commentator Pat Buchanan's website that includes Holocaust revisionists and deniers.
Tom Seeley, neurobiology and behavior professor, compares and contrasts group decision-making processes between insect hives and humans.
The "Sapsuckers," the team from the Lab of Ornithology, finished third in the New Jersey Audubon Society's annual "World Series of Birding," a competitive fundraising event in which birders identify as many species as they can by sight or sound in a 24-hour period.
Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears '76, Human Ecology alumna, has been mentioned as a potential nominee by President Barack Obama to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter.
Richard Burkhauser, professor of policy analysis and management, contributes to a column that examines proposed changes to disability programs.
Michael McCall, hotel administration visiting faculty member, comments on the effect the swine flu outbreak has had on tourism.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Pay To Play: How Rod Blagojevich Turned Political Corruption Into a National Show," by Elizabeth Brackett.
Dr. Anne Moscona, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, questions the merits of being exposed to the current, relatively mild strain of swine flu, in order to build an immunity to later, more severe waves of the virus.
Ken Rosenberg, director of conservation science for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, discusses the impact of development on migratory birds that travel to and from Florida.
PolitiFact.com evaluates Rush Limbaugh's accuracy in citing of the writings of law professor Michael Dorf.
Francine Blau, a professor of industrial relations, comments on the practice of unpaid furloughs-involuntary time-off without pay-in lieu of layoffs for white-collar workers.
Dr. Holly Vanni, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, heads research that has found a "fat-burning gene," alpha2-zinc-glycoprotein1 (or AZGP1) that is activated when exposed to cigarette smoke.
Maureen O'Hara, professor of finance at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, comments on the results of "stress tests" conducted by the Treasury Department on the 19 largest U.S. banks.
Suzanne Snedeker, associate director of translational research for Cornell's program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF), describes how minimizing exposure to chemicals during firefighting can reduce a woman firefighter's risk of breast cancer. (essay is on page 16)
Research by psychology faculty member David Pizarro and PhD. candidate Yoel Inbar is cited in a column about attitudes toward same-sex marriage.
Roald Hoffmann, the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, authors an essay about possible changes to policies governing the ways research is funded at universities.
ILR Professor Risa Lieberwitz and Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of Labor Education Research. comment on a bitter labor dispute at the Wynn Las Vegas resort.
Virology Professor Colin Parrish comments on the evolution of viruses.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story," by Elliott West.
ILR faculty member Arthur Wheaton comments on the call by N.Y. Sen. Charles Schumer for General Motors to purchase manufacturing plants in Lockport and Rochester from struggling parts supplier Delphi Corp.
David Dunning, professor of psychology, discusses the disparity between self-perceived and actual righteousness.
Dr. Barry Kosofsky, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, comments on a study that links autism in children to the size of an area of the brain.
A review of the book "Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence," by Seth Shostak, mentions the Cornell-operated Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, and prominently features the observatory's former director Frank Drake as well as his famous equation for estimating the likelihood of alien intelligence.
Josh Donlan and David Pimentel, ecology and evolutionary biology faculty member and professor emeritus, respectively, discuss both the benefits and problems with using goats to control fires.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience," by Kirstin Downey.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, comments on the reluctance on the part of Saudi Arabia to contribute more to the International Monetary Fund.
Rohit Verma, Hotel Administration faculty member, is the coauthor of a study on restaurant customers' opinions on the use of newer technologies, such as online reservations and pagers, in the dining experience.
ILR Dean Harry Katz comments on the ramifications for the United Autoworker's Union of the bankruptcy of Chrysler.
In their blog on the Huffington Post, American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler and alumnus Kevin Morris discuss the changing distribution of power in media and entertainment.
Comments by President David Skorton and Richard Korf, professor emeritus of mycology, accompany a gallery of photographs by plant pathology departmental photographer Kent Loeffler of the valuable collection of fungi collected by Chinese mycology graduate student S.C. Teng in the early 20th century and recently repatriated to China by the university.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy," edited by Peter S. Canellos.
Physics Professor J.C. Séamus Davis heads research into the unique properties of super-cooled helium.
