Dominican medical students exchange knowledge on campus

As part of the Global Health Program's new collaboration in the Dominican Republic, ten Dominican medical students visited campus for a week beginning Oct. 15 to exchange ideas and knowledge.

Central Asian village dogs closest to original dogs

Village dogs from present-day Nepal and Mongolia are direct descendants of the first domesticated dogs, which originated at least 15,000 years ago in that region, a new study reports.

Students showcase global health fieldwork

Forty students with global health minors gathered to present their international service learning and research fieldwork to the Cornell community on issues from maternity to albinism Oct. 16.

Cornell professors testify before House committee

Capitol Hill met East Hill as the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs tapped two Cornell professors for their expertise on the economics of international food aid and the realities of Chinese-American relations.

Study compares traditional and modern views of aging

A new study by Corinna Lockenhoff, from Weill Cornell Medicine, is the first to quantitatively compare attitudes about aging across modern and traditional societies.

Population makeup is major factor in global resource allocation

In an Oct. 1 campus talk, Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue, professor of development sociology, said the population structure of a nation is the most important factor in resource allocations and policy.

Johnson welcomes Cornell-Tsinghua MBA/FMBA students

The inaugural class of the Cornell-Tsinghua MBA/FMBA program arrived at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Oct. 1. The 59 students are here for the first U.S. residential session.

Cornell ranked No. 18 best university in world

Cornell University ranked No. 18 out of 800 institutions worldwide, up from up from No. 19 last year, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings published Sept. 30.

Lunine tells Congress ways, means for new space voyages

To review current astrobiological knowledge and assess the prospects of life beyond Earth, the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology heard testimony Sept. 29 from Cornell’s Jonathan Lunine.