A sampling of national and international news coverage featuring Cornell and people at Cornell.
Cornell University research about a tentative link between rainy seasons and autism is cited.
Bobby Harvey, a team leader for the Cornell solar decathlon team, is interviewed about the solar house which is currently on display at the state fair.
Paul Curtis, associate professor of Natural Resources, discusses an innovative deer management study.
Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, comments on a study he co-authored about transmission of the swine flu.
John Bishop, associate professor in Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on the correlation between being involved in extra-curricular activities in childhood and success later in life.
Gregory Acland, veterinary medicine faculty member, comments on a study which looked at how genetic differences affected canine hair types.
Dr. Louis Aronne, Weill Cornell Medical College professor, comments on the effects of gaining weight as a medication side-effect.
Paul Mutolo, associate director of the Cornell Fuel Cell Institute, is interviewed about the plans that Governor Paterson announced in a press conference on Cornell's campus yesterday.
Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, discusses his book, 'The Calculus of Friendship'.
Cornell researchers' CT scan of the remains of an ivory-billed woodpecker is discussed in an article about using CT scans to examine inside fossils and remains without taking them apart.
Dr. John Lucas, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, explains the downside to multi-tasking.
Dana Campbell, adjunct law professor, comments on the class she's designed to teach police officers how to recognize the signs of dogfighting and present a solid case to ensure successful prosecution.
Economics Professor Robert Frank stresses the danger of cuts to local and state spending during the economic recovery.
Gregory Eells, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, gives his opinion on the treatment of Seung-Hui Cho, the Va. Tech shooter.
Jan Jennings, professor of design and environmental analysis, talks about the research she is leading which will create naming practices for long-used design elements.
Christopher Clark, director of the Lab of Ornithology's Bioacoustics Research Program, comments on "acoustic smog" which interferes with whale communication.
Jeff Hancock, professor of communication, comments on how family involvement affects online dating profiles.
Shari Midoneck, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, comments on why diet pills may be a "forgivable" health vice.
Jonathan Kirshner, professor of government, comments on the U.S. debt load and the need for a "path to sustainability" to pay off those debts.
Susan McCouch, professor of plant breeding and genetics, comments on new research to develop rice which can survive floods.
JGSM professor Andrew Karolyi discusses how business schools are incorporating lessons from the financial meltdown into some courses.
The article discusses a special collaboration between the College of Veterinary Medicine and Texas A&M's school of veterinary physiology where they successfully harvested, fertilized and implanted eggs from a dead mare into a surrogate.
Professor Brian Wansink, director of the Food and Brand Lab, discusses why giving vegetables cool names may influence children to eat more of them.
Barbour Warren, a research associate for veterinary medicine, discusses his research on the possible effect of dog walking on human weight loss.
Bart Selman, professor of computer science, discusses the fear that "killer robots" could become a reality in the not-so-distant future (Scroll to the last item on the page).
Edward Dubovi, veterinary medicine professor, comments on the spread of canine influenza.
Neal Zaslaw, Herbert Gussman Professor of Music, comments on the new study which concludes that Mozart likely died of strep throat.
Professor Brian Wansink, director of the Food and Brand Lab, comments on research by Jennifer Orlet Fisher which studies how much food children will serve themselves.
Applied Economics and Management Professor Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, comments on the prospect of a global financial recovery.
Research associate Katy Payne talks about her research on elephant sounds at an "elephant city" in the Central African Republic.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "An Alternative History of American Popular Music" by Elijah Wald.
Tracking an 11-year-old e-mail chain letter, a project studied by Jon Kleinberg, professor of computer science, is cited in an article about memes.
Architecture grad student Chris Werner, 2009 Cornell Solar Decathlon house team leader, discusses his team's entry in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon contest.
Alice Connors-Kellgren, Human Ecology undergraduate student, discusses her experience with ways the use of Facebook and other social networking media can make people jealous and suspicious of significant others.
Veterinary Medicine faculty member Paul Maza suggests less expensive ways to get and keep pets.
The Arecibo Observatory (operated by Cornell) is listed as one of the favorite business destinations in Puerto Rico of frequent fliers who are volunteer members of the USA Today Road Warrior Panel.
The Arecibo Observatory (operated by Cornell) is mentioned as playing a crucial role in the detection of near-Earth asteroids in a National Academy of Sciences report on the shortage of funding for tracking the potentially dangerous objects.
Joseph Wakshlag, veterinary medicine faculty member, discusses the treatment of food allergies in dogs.
ILR Professor Richard Hurd comments on the lack of militancy in modern organized labor.
Menachem Z. Rosensaft, adjunct professor of law, authors an op-ed about the debate over health care reform.
Jack Corgel, professor of real estate, comments on the effect of the recession on the ability to forecast various trends in industry and the economy.
Dale Moyer, agricultural program director for the Suffolk County Cornell Cooperative Extension, comments on this year's robust peach crop of the northeastern U.S.
Elson J. Shields, professor of entomology, comments on controversial aspects of publishing stories about genetically modified crops.
Julia D. Albright, MA, DVM, is the lead author of a study on cribbing behavior in horses.
Susanne Bruyere and Thomas Golden, director and associate director, respectively, of the Employment and Disability Institute, comment on the concerns chronically ill workers have over their continued employment.
Linda T. Vahdat, M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, comments on a new study about breast cancer.
Alan Hedge, design and environmental analysis professor, comments on the ergonomic benefits of voice recognition technology in home computers.
Harry T. Lawless, professor of food science, answers a reader's question about eating hot peppers.
Elliott Smith, associate director of the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect, comments on research about child abuse by the significant others of single mothers.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture," by Ellen Ruppell Shell.
Radar observations at Arecibo Observatory (operated by Cornell), led by director Mike Nolan, of near-Earth asteroid 1994 CC, helped confirm that it is actually two objects orbiting around a third.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "That Old Cape Magic," by Richard Russo.
Matthew Freedman, ILR faculty member, comments on the economic reasons why people are now taking less pleasant jobs than they used to.
Rick Geddes, policy analysis and management faculty member, comments on the changing need for the United States Postal Service.
Ritch Savin-Williams, human development department chair, discussed the defining of who is gay, lesbian, and bisexual among teens and young adults at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association last week.
Abraham Stroock, chemical and biomolecular engineering faculty member, comments on a study about the possible use of a process found in plants to provide a new source of electricity.
A study co-authored by Michael Waldman, professor of economics, is cited in an article about the effects of television viewing by children.
Dr. Alan Manevitz, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, comments on the recent shooting at a Pittsburgh-area health club.
Astronomy Professor Steve Squyres comments on proposals for the future direction of the U.S. space program.
The study by Professor Brian Wansink, director of the Food and Brand Lab, about eating behavior and obesity at Chinese buffets is the focus of a column on consumption.
Article cites the recent report by Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of ILR's labor education research, that details the anti-union activities by employers of workers engaged in union organizing drives.
Computer Science Professor Jon Kleinberg comments on the rapid growth of the field of statistics.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler authors an op-ed about the new GI Bill.
William Miller, professor of horticulture, discusses various methods of planting bulbs in flower gardens.
Alan Manevitz, Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member, comments on a study that examines the link between weather and brain function.
Weill Medical College Dean Antonio M. Gotto Jr., M.D. comments on the release of a new cholesterol drug.
Stephen Garvey, professor of law, comments on a controversial method of enforcing a public nuisance law in Narragansett, R.I.
Meg McGrath, plant pathology faculty member, answers questions about the plant disease late blight.
Adam Boyko, biological statistics and computational biology research associate, is the lead author of a study that suggests that dogs were first domesticated in Africa.
Engineering student Erin Fischell discusses Cornell's entry into the 12th annual Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition. The Cornell sub was the only entry to complete the course in the final round, winning the competition.
Mark Stephenson, applied economics and management senior extension associate with the Cornell Program on Dairy Markets and Policy, comments on the outlook for dairy farmers in Arizona.
Neal Zaslaw, professor of music, comments on the discovery of two pieces of music that were likely composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was a young boy.
American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler reviews the book "Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered The Great American Story," by Evan I. Schwartz.
Oya Rieger, associate university librarian for information technologies, discusses the scanning and reprinting (print-on-demand) of scholarly rare books.
Weill Cornell Medical College faculty member Dr. Nathaniel Hupert authors a study on what's needed in response to an anthrax attack.
Mary Mulvanerton, space sciences administrative director, discusses her participation in this year's Cayuga Lake Triathlon Sunday morning at Taughannock Falls State Park, as well as the support she's received from astronomy professor Steve Squyres.
Dan Bogan, natural resources doctoral candidate, comments on the coyote population that resides at the Putnam National Golf Club in Mahopac, N.Y.
Robert Frank, economics professor, reviews the books "To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise," by Bethany Moreton, and "The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business," by Nelson Lichtenstein.
