Elaine Ayres '75, deputy chief of the Lab for Informatics Development at the National Institutes of Health, spoke to nutrition students about how technology has revolutionized dietetics. (April 30, 2010)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded nutritionist Christina Stark almost $500,000 to train extension/community teams on collaborative, ecological approaches for childhood obesity prevention. (April 28, 2010)
Two sugar maples from campus that were uprooted for construction have been fashioned into benches and are in a new garden on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (April 21, 2010)
In anticipation of an increase in students and veterans with disabilities, Cornell's disability strategic plan comprehensively addresses access in education, employment and campus operations. (April 20, 2010)
Fifty seniors, funded by the Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars program, discussed their undergraduate research projects at the annual Senior Expo April 14. (April 19, 2010)
David C. Knapp, a former Cornell provost and dean who guided the College of Human Ecology through an extensive reorganization, died of complications from diabetes April 13 in Massachusetts. He was 82. (April 16, 2010)
Retirees volunteering on environmental projects could not only prompt you to get more exercise but also improve mental and physical health through old age, according to a new Cornell study. (April 15, 2010)
Focus more on care and less on disease treatment in the elderly to cut health care costs, said Robert Martensen, National Institutes of Health, in the Sick in America keynote address, April 12. (April 14, 2010)
Cornell researchers have prompted rural women to walk more regularly through a worksite intervention that helps change an office's environment and culture to encourage more walking. (April 13, 2010)
