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Read the book that took the "pro-gay content" out of the Governor's School of North Carolina! (gay youth news blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:33:00 GMT

The New Gay Teenager (Adolescent Lives) by Ritch C. Savin-Williams Read the book that took the "pro-gay content" out of the Governor's School of North Carolina ! Background here and here . Boidyke. Stem. Down low. Trannyboy. In this lively and broadly researched book, Cornell University psychologist Savin-Williams reveals that the words gay teenagers use to describe their sexual preferences...

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Relegate Mouton, promote Las Cases: Cornell study (Decanter.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:17:00 GMT

Chateau Mouton-Rothschild should be demoted to second growth, with Leoville-Las-Cases taking its place in the first division, a Cornell University study argues.

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Call for Papers: Cornell Research Center to Expand Its Report Series (Restaurant News Ressource)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:35:05 GMT

The Cornell University Center for Hospitality Research invites faculty members from colleges and universities around the world to submit papers for its practitioner oriented series of reports.

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Reducing The Carbon "Hoofprint" Of Cows (Medical News Today)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Milk goes green: Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell University study to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (June 30, 2008.

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Carbon hoofprint: Cows supplemented with rbST reduce agriculture's environmental impact (Physorg)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:40:37 GMT

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Carbon Hoofprint: Cows Supplemented with rbST Reduce Agriculture's Environmental Impact (Newswise)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:19:32 GMT

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Carbon hoofprint: Cows supplemented with rbST reduce agriculture's environmental impact (Eurekalert)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT

( Cornell University Communications ) Milk goes green: Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin make more milk, all the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell University study to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Robotic Prostatectomy: A Review Of Outcomes Compared With Laparoscopic And Open Approaches (Medical News Today)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

UroToday.com - In the online version of Urology, The group of Dr. Ashutosh Tewari at Cornell University review outcomes comparisons of open (RRP), laparoscopic (LRP), and robotic assisted (RALP). They reviewed only studies with a sample size of 40 or more patients. Regarding intraoperative results, blood loss, operative time, complications and cancer control indicators were assessed.

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In 'novel playground,' metals are formed into porous nanostructures (Eurekalert)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

( Cornell University Communications ) Cornell researchers have developed a method to self-assemble metals into complex nanostructures. Applications include making more efficient and cheaper catalysts for fuel cells and industrial processes and creating microstructured surfaces to make new types of conductors that would carry more information across microchips than conventional...

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Cornell University To Host The 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress Aug. 10-14 (Medical News Today)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

WHAT: 12th International Behavioral Ecology CongressWHEN: August 10-14, 2008WHERE: Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.WHO: Hosted by the International Society for Behavioral EcologyITHACA, N.Y. - The 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, hosted by the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Aug. 10 -14, 2008, at Cornell University in Ithaca.

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Do honeybees have a sense of imagination? (Thaindian News)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:59 GMT

London, June 25 (ANI): New research conducted by researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has sparked a debate on whether the findings of the two decades old ‘lake experiment’ suggesting that honeybees have a sense of imagination were correct. The lake experiment, conducted by Princeton University researchers Fred Dyer and James Gould in New [...]

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Martha Rosenberg: Men's Deaths In Their Fifties Can Be Prevented Says China Study Author (YubaNet.com)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:23:37 GMT

The life expectancy of National Football League players might have as much to do with teaching art as the factory farming fired middle school teacher Dave Warwak is accused of teaching. But it formed the backbone of Cornell University Professor Emeritus Dr. T. Colin Campbell's testimony at the Board of Education hearing into the middle school teacher's dismissal in Fox River Grove, IL,...

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The 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress Held at Cornell University, Aug. 10-14 (Newswise)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:16:46 GMT

The congress features a wide variety of human and animal behavior talks and poster sessions, including plenary sessions on sexual selection and mating systems; the behavioral ecology of fertility decline in humans; kinship, cooperation and population structure in social birds; spider sociality; and the amazing sensory ecology of moles and shrews.

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Glanzberg Declines Cornell, To Remain at UC Davis (Leiter Reports: A Group Blog)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:22:00 GMT

Michael Glanzberg (philosophical logic, philosophy of language) at the University of California at Davis has turned down a tenured offer from the Department of Philosophy at Cornell University. That´s a significant retention coup for the Davis department!

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The 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress held at Cornell University, Aug. 10-14 (Eurekalert)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

( Cornell University Communications ) The congress features a wide variety of human and animal behavior talks and poster sessions, including plenary sessions on sexual selection and mating systems; the behavioral ecology of fertility decline in humans; kinship, cooperation and population structure in social birds; spider sociality; and the amazing sensory ecology of moles and shrews.

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Comfort foods: men vs. women? (Serious Eats: Talk)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:45:22 GMT

Caught a tidbit in the NYTimes City Room blog today that I hadn't heard before: Is There Any Comfort in a $30 TV Dinner? By Jennifer 8. Lee ...Research out of Cornell University suggests that females tend to prefer snack-related...

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Digital Research Data Curation: Overview of Issues, Current Activities, and Opportunities for the Cornell University Library (DigitalKoans)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:00:07 GMT

Cornell University Library's Data Working Group has deposited its Digital Research Data Curation: Overview of Issues, Current Activities, and Opportunities for the Cornell University Library report in the eCommons@Cornell repository. Here's the abstract: Advances in computational capacity and tools, coupled with the accelerating collection and accumulation of data...

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Blog post: Libel Suit over Digitized Article Dismissed (Digitization 101)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:09:00 GMT

Quoting American Libraries (6/13/2008): A federal judge has dismissed a $1-million lawsuit filed by a Cornell University alumnus who claimed that the school libeled him in a 1983 Cornell Chronicle article reporting that he had been charged with third-degree burglary when he was a student. Back issues of the Chronicle, a newspaper published by the university’s press office, are...

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My friend died this week (shawblog)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:45:19 GMT

One of my friends died this week. I knew her at the LBJ School and as her TA in a math course. I spent many hours with her through the Spring of this year. She was young – likely late 20s. Cornell University alum. Future policy wonk. A seizure ended her life on earth. [...]

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Wednesday, 18th June 2008 (A Place in the Auvergne)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:30:00 GMT

0946 A professor's food revolution starts with rice ITHACA, New York : Many a professor dreams of revolution. But Norman Uphoff, working in a leafy corner of the Cornell University campus, is leading an inconspicuous one centered on solving the global food crisis. The secret, he says, is a new way of growing rice. Rejecting old customs as well as the modern reliance on genetic engineering,...

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