Forest elephants need 100 years to rally from poaching

Because forest elephants are one of the world's slowest reproducing mammals, it will take almost a century for them to recover from the intense poaching they have suffered since 2002, a study finds.

Herbicides can't stop invasive plants. Can bugs?

Bernd Blossey is close to the end of a research program that identified a leaf beetle, Galerucella birmanica, which feasts on water chestnuts, as the perfect predator to help clear New York's waters.

ISS project to study economics, politics of China urbanization

The Institute for the Social Sciences' newest project, China's Cities: Divisions and Plans, is an interdisciplinary collaborative effort among Cornell social scientists.

$1M NIH grant helps researchers refine quick cancer test

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Cornell and UCSF researchers a four-year, $1 million grant to hone technology for in-the-field diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma – frequently related to HIV infections.

Doctoral student uncovers birth of inequality on Cyprus

In the ancient ruins of Cyprus, archaeology doctoral student Eilis Monahan hopes to uncover clues about how social inequality might have begun.

Cornellians reach the finish line at Rio Olympic Games

Even though the 2016 Rio Olympic Games' closing ceremony is days away, the Big Red contingent of athletes and coaches concluded its participation Thursday morning.

Cornell builds bridges with Qatari 'doctors of the future'

The Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine-New York welcomed three young guests recently: high school students from Qatar, visiting the United States for the first time to get a sneak peek into the world of academic medicine.

Summer School in Theory holds first session in Shanghai

The inaugural East China Normal University/Cornell Summer School in Theory in Shanghai drew scholars from more than 40 east Asian universities for Cornell faculty-led seminars in art and media.

Brito went to Fiji to study mobile genes in human microbiome

Research involving a new Cornell professor proposes that human behavior helps provide selective pressures that shape mobile gene pools, which are important for colonizing specific human populations.