For the birds: Battling the threat of avian influenza

Faculty and staff at Cornell’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center have helped prevent the spread of the devastating disease in New York, keeping the number of cases remarkably low.

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Cross-campus initiative to accelerate innovations in engineering, medicine
For the birds: Battling the threat of avian influenza
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Craib and Fiani win graduate, professional teaching prize
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Annual United Way fundraising drive begins Sept. 28
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Student debuts Cornell Chimes on TikTok
Law School portrait honors first Black graduate, Class of 1890

New York State Impact

Tompkins County living wage study reveals racial disparities
Poll: Cost of living is biggest concern for NYS residents
Cornell awarded $15M to lead NSF I-Corps Hub
Grow-NY startups foster progress and collaboration

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New endowed scholarship honors academic excellence and is largest gift in Sloan Program history

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Mundinger Lecture: A small bird with an outsized impact

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Cornell Concert Series presents Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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Part-time study helps employees, visiting students boost careers

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Cornell Research

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“The term ‘healthy’ is notoriously difficult to define, much less regulate. Healthy is not a neutral one-size-fits-all concept, but a fraught term that has long been invoked to make moral judgments between good and bad, wholesome and corrupt, and healthy and unhealthy.”

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Features

For the birds: Battling the threat of avian influenza
Afghan students – now Cornellians – look to future
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Juneteenth marks emancipation’s progress and delay

Staff News

Part-time study helps employees, visiting students boost careers
Craib and Fiani win graduate, professional teaching prize
Leadership changes strengthen university’s finance, risk offices
Crime prevention unit promotes safety, builds community
A.D. White Professors are named; fall visits announced

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Machine learning bests humans in whale call detection
‘One-stop shop’ marks century of ag research, extension on L.I.
An integrated framework for atmospheric and climate modeling
Clean Water Act turns 50: conference celebrates progress, fosters connections
Arts and Sciences welcomes new faculty for 2022-23