Cornell Tech student startups receive $40K awards

Cornell Tech awarded five student startup companies with $40,000 in pre-seed funding and one year of free co-working office space in its inaugural Startup Awards competition.

Mann Award winner Tang studies molecular 'trash bags'

Doctoral student Shaogeng Tang won the Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award for his research into cells' waste disposal.

Lin, Boudker named Howard Hughes investigators

Cornell faculty members Hening Lin and Olga Boudker have been named 2015 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators, the institute announced May 19.

Study finds how pancreatic cancer spreads to liver

Weill Cornell Medical College and international scientists have discovered the precise molecular steps that enable pancreatic cancer to spread to the liver. The finding may lead to targeted treatments.

Scientists to develop stem cell therapies to treat blood disorders

A $15.7M grant from the New York State Stem Cell Science Program to scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan Kettering to develop techniques to treat blood disorders.

Book ranks emerging markets by risk to investors

In his new book, Andrew Karolyi, Cornell professor of finance, uses a scoring system that ranks countries on several dimensions of risk to potential investors.

Cornell seeds urban farming in the Big Apple

Cornell Cooperative Extension-New York City will help to sow innovative urban agriculture projects in Big Apple schools, Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer announced at an April 30 press conference.

Inside Medicine at Weill Cornell: Peer mentorship

The second episode of the video series Inside Medicine at Weill Cornell chronicles the relationship between Drs. BJ Casey, a neuroscientist, and Conor Liston, assistant professor.

President Skorton sends end of year message

President David Skorton's final end-of-year message reflects on the challenges and accomplishments of the past year and what they mean for Cornell's future.