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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.
Article about healthy foods mentions Cornell nutritional research.
Article about antioxidants in chocolate products mentions Cornell research.
Randy Allen, an associate dean at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, is quoted in an article about holiday shopping.
Article on invasive insects mentions Cornell biological control research.
Article about angioplasty procedures quotes Dr. Issam Moussa, associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Article mentions a Cornell study about the energy required to produce different types of food.
Climatologist Jessica Rennells of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell is quoted in an article about weather in Syracuse, NY.
ILR Professor Rick Hurd is quoted in an article about a Las Vegas labor dispute.
Cornell researcher Anne Gaskett is mentioned in an article about evolutionary biology.
Cornell's Food and Brand Lab is mentioned in an article about Thanksgiving.
Janis Whitlock, lecturer and research scientist at Cornell's Family Life Development Center, writes about youth narcissism.
Article notes that Cornell President David Skorton is a founding council member of an initiative to promote the growth of small businesses.
Article describes Cornell crop-disease research projects.
Article mentions research by Brian Wansink, professor of Applied Economics and Management.
Article mentions Cornell research about a link between religious beliefs and physical activity.
Economics professor Kaushik Basu speaks on India's government.
Rolf Pendall, associate professor of city and regional planning, claims promising news for upstate New York may be temporary.
Edward S. Buckler, adjunct professor of plant breeding and genetics, led a team that produced HapMap.
Edward S. Buckler, adjunct professor of plant breeding and genetics and Michael Gore, a graduate student in Buckler's lab, have identified the first map of haplotypes -- sets of closely linked gene variants known as alleles -- in the maize genome.
Alumnus Dimitri Zarikos, School of Hotel Administration, speaks on his journey to success.
Scientists at Cornell University report they can now use a light beam carrying a single milliwatt of power to move objects and even change the optical properties of silicon from opaque to transparent at the nanometric scale.
Economist Eswar Prasad gives his opinion on how China will sustain it's recovery.
Not knowing what to tip at a hotel is not surprising according to Michael Lynn, professor in hotel administration.
Robert Frank, professor of economics, discusses the relationship debit cards have with cash and credit cards.
Professors Antonio Bento and David Wolfe will present two briefings on Capitol Hill about cap and trade.
Cornell researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers.
Michael King, associate professor of biomedical engineering
Gavriel Shapiro, professor of Russian Literature, discussing the late Vladimir Nabokov.
David Pimentel, entomologist, estimated that it takes about 30 percent less energy to grow organic soy and corn than it does to grow the conventional kind.
Cornell 100+ MPG Team's Redshift is a hybrid diesel-electric car.
Economist, Eswar Prasad, thinks President Obama will likely avoid pushing the Chinese to do something they do not want to do with their currency.
The article mentions the role Cornell and it's graduates has in building the future.
Postdoctoral associate Gustavo Wiederhecker and colleagues from the Nanophotonics Group were able to bend and hold a structure in place rather than causing it to move back and forth.
Eswar Prasad comments on China's economy.
Breast feeding weight loss is determined by a few factors says Kathleen Rasmussen, an author of the study and a nutrition professor.
Ann Martin, doctoral candidate in the astronomy department, speaks on the Mayan calendar.
Brian Wansink, professor of Applied Economics and Management, is quoted in an article about eating habits.
Constitutional Law Professor Michael Dorf is quoted in an article about a suit filed against the federal government.
Cornell research is mentioned in an article about coping with an overpopulation of deer.
Eswar Prasad, professor of Applied Economics and Management, is quoted in an article about the impact of China's consumers on the global economy.
Article describes research by Robert Weiss, professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Eswar Prasad, professor of Applied Economics and Management, is quoted in an article about President Obama's upcoming visit to Japan.
Astronomy student Ann Martin is quoted.
Article quotes ILR Professor David Lipsky.
Article quotes Kimberly Bostwick, research associate in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.
Louis Aronne, professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, is quoted in a Q& A about holiday eating binges.
Professor Steven Strogatz of the Center for Applied Mathematics is quoted in an article about friendship.
The College of Veterinary Medicine is mentioned in an article about an injured horse.
The New York Times publishes an opinion column about health care by Robert Frank, professor at the Johnson Graduate School of Management.
A research paper co-authored by Thomas Hirschl, professor of Development Sociology, finds that almost half of all American children will be in households that use food stamps at some time in their lives.
An article about weight gain cites Cornell research that finds newlyweds adopt each other's eating habits.
An article about online hotel deals quotes Bill Carroll, senior lecturer at the School of Hotel Administration.
Article describes the ceremony when Cornell President David Skorton handed over a prized fungi collection to China.
A new report details the local economic impact of Cornell and other higher-education institutions.
Cornell leaders, and Peter Katzenstein, professor of government, are mentioned in an article about the 2009 Beijing Forum.
Cornell's former Center for the Environment (now part of the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future) was instrumental in launching the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival.
Cornell is mentioned in an article about sequencing the horse genome.
Project FeederWatch at the Lab of Ornithology is mentioned in an article about bird watching.
Kathy Zoner is named chief of the Cornell University Police Department.
... John Hausknecht, assistant professor of human resources at Cornell University, said the 40 percent estimate was five to 10 times the typical absentee rate and one never seen.
... For example, students from the 2005 Cornell University team founded a green architecture firm, called ZeroEnergy Design, based in Boston.
... Mr. Belton's most significant achievements was making more than a thousand field recordings of birds, most in Rio Grande do Sul. Now in the archives of Cornell University, his recordings document the sounds of several hundred different species
... But plans vary widely. For instance, Cornell University's plan, which costs $1,590, offers coverage of up to $1 million per plan year.
Sociologist Thomas Hirschl studied data from a nationally representative survey regarding food stamp usage.
Professor Brian Wansink, Applied Economics & Management, suggests renaming vegetables in order to get children to eat them.
John Hausknecht, assistant professor of human resources, spoke about absentee rate due to the flu.
Thomas Hirschl, a professor in Development Sociology, was mentioned in a French newspaper.
Thomas Hirschl, professor of Development Sociology, is mentioned in a Spanish language television network.
Sociologist Thomas Hirschl studied data from a nationally representative survey regarding food stamp usage.
Mark Foster, postdoc research associate in Applied and Engineering Physics, and his colleagues demonstrated a "time telescope."
Clete Daniel, professor of labor history, discusses white-collar workers reluctance to join unions.
Peels of apple varieties inhibit cancer cells according to Rui Hai Liu, MD, PhD, associate professor of food science.
The publication, "The Elements of Style," was co-authored by Cornell graduate William Strunk and celebrates it's 50th anniversary.
Chris Barrett, development economics professor, reflects on emergency aid.
Gilly Leshed, a postdoc research associate in Information Science, thinks having a robotic head on the dashboard will change roles and responsibilities for everyone in the car.
Dr. Louis Albright, director of CEA research, comments on vertical farms.
