Travis Apgar, former senior associate dean of students, left Cornell in January to become Dean of Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — but he also left behind a legacy in hazing prevention.

The Apgar test grades infants in five areas, including skin tone. Babies of color score lower, and may be subjected to unnecessary treatment. By Roni Caryn Rabin Shortly after they’re born, infants ...

Virginia Apgar kept score for America's babies and coveted scores on the violin as well. She was a doctor, musician, instrument maker — and an overall pioneering female physician who overcame the ...

Dr. Virginia Apgar has helped save millions of newborn lives with the method that bears her name Influential physician and New Jersey native Dr. Virginia Apgar devised a system in the 1950s to assess ...