Weill research breakthrough
Richard Lobell
Prior to a Jan. 28 press conference in New York City, Dr. David H. Abramson, center in white coat, director of the Ophthalmic Oncology Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, meets with Larry and Anne Zimmerman and their children. Luke, 7 months, in green sweater, and, Lizzie, 18 months, in black dress, are the world's first two babies to benefit from preimplantation genetic diagnosis screening for the genetic defect retinoblastoma. Abramson is holding their daughter Perry, 3. Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, is in the background, left. Read about the scientific achievement.
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Highlights
Alumnus Jim Knowles '87 is named university's new head football coach
Constable renamed dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science
CU's Torres to Senate: Mandatory animal identification system needed
WSKG-TV broadcasts performance Feb. 11 of CU theater's Antigone
Thanks to CU project, L-VIS is in the library
Two Cornell engineering professors receive prestigious Lockheed awards
CU junior in the hot seat, Feb. 9, on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'
Cornell Concert Series will bring hot jazz to cold Ithaca on Feb. 11
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