AAP NYC joins Open House New York tour with events

The College of Architecture, Art and Planning's New York City studios, AAP NYC, will be part of the Open House New York Weekend Oct. 15-16 with events including a film screening and panel.

Cornell Tech grads' Uru seeks wide-open (video) spaces

Two Cornell Tech master's graduates have won a World Congress on Information Technology award for their computer-vision invention, Uru, which projects advertising onto blank surfaces in a video.

Real Estate Council conference to explore the 'new normal'

The 34th annual conference of the Cornell Real Estate Council, Oct. 13-14 in New York City, will focus on new forces causing dramatic changes in the industry.

Drone Discovery to challenge scores of New York City youth

Several hundred New York City schoolchildren will attend and participate in the Drone Discovery program during the Cornell co-sponsored 4-H National Youth Science Day at Public School 21 in Brooklyn on Friday, Oct. 7.

Investment office to move to New York City by late 2017

The Office of University Investments will move from Ithaca to New York City by late 2017. The relocation "puts us closer to the world capital markets," said Executive Vice President and CFO Joanne DeStefano.

Freezing technique is effective alternative to lumpectomy

A deep-freezing technique known as cryoablation is a viable alternative to traditional surgery in many early-stage breast cancers according to Weill Cornell Medicine research.

Cancer killers: C dots show ability to induce cell death in tumors

Research involving cancer-targeting silica particles, known as Cornell dots, has shown that the particles can neutralize nutrient-deprived cancer cells by a cell-death process called ferroptosis.

Researchers develop way to ID diabetes patient-specific drugs

An innovative method that uses human embryonic stem cells to model type 2 diabetes caused by genetic mutations may enable researchers to identify drugs that could treat the disease.

Tags on RNA silence X chromosome in females

New research by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators could offer researchers a new scientific avenue to pursue treatments for X-linked chromosomal diseases in females such as Rett syndrome.