Animal models of human disease have extremely mixed results, and all too often they do not work well and accomplish their goals of helping humans. 1 One such procedure, the forced swim test, is a ...

A graduation requirement many students dread, the swim test will not take place this fall. Cornell will not conduct any swim tests during the upcoming semester, and it will waive the requirement for ...

Cornellians, like most college students, have many requirements to graduate, including reaching a certain number of credit hours, completing different distribution subjects and — if they are Arts and ...

The purpose of college is often questioned. Is college meant to train someone to be a competitive job applicant? Maybe the point of college truly is just to expand your horizons and to experience ...

“My name is Bonnie and I’m not going to graduate college. Unless I can learn to swim three laps in a 25-yard pool.” For most Columbia students, this doesn’t pose much of a problem- they hop in the ...

It was sink or swim time for graduating college students at Shanghai University in China when the dean’s office announced Sunday that the final swim test for seniors could be done online. The decision ...