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Inclusive Excellence Podcast: insights from the other hill

In this episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, co-hosts Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel welcome Dr. La Jerne Terry Cornish, President of Ithaca College, to discuss her journey in higher education. 

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Exploring vaccine to block maternal CMV transmission

A study out of Weill Cornell Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University provides critical insight for the development of a vaccine that can more effectively block the spread of cytomegalovirus across the placenta to babies before they're born.

From Lab to Learning: Grad Students Bring Hands-On Science to NYS Classrooms

Graduate students at Cornell University are gaining confidence in science communication and bringing hands-on learning into K-12 classrooms across New York State. 

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41st annual fashion show embraces ‘... any person ... any study’

The annual Cornell Fashion Collective spring runway show will feature designs from the group’s 180 members.

State of America’s birds: Population declines continue

More than five years after a landmark study in the journal Science showed that North American bird populations declined by nearly 30% since 1970, a new report finds that the concerning trend is continuing apace.

Superweed in NYS found resistant to widely used herbicide

New research confirms glyphosate-resistant waterhemp for the first time in New York state, with significant consequences for soybean growers, many of whom use the herbicide as their primary method of weed control.

First Level 3 EV fast-charging station opens on campus

With a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff on March 11 officially launched the Abruña Energy Initiative Level 3 EV fast-charging station, named in honor of initiative founder Héctor D. Abruña, professor of chemistry.

Changes in bats’ diets increase spread of viruses, spillover risk

When bats lose access to their habitat and natural food sources, they seek food on agricultural lands - new research explains why, when their diets change, they shed more virus and infect more hosts, increasing the risk of outbreaks and pandemics.

Jane Bennett to deliver Culler Lecture in Critical Theory

Bennett, a founding scholar of the field of new materialism, will talk about the limits of “data” as the unit of humanistic study.

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Large-scale investment in research needed to maintain U.S. agriculture

In the face of climate change, researchers estimate the U.S. investment in agricultural research needed to maintain productivity - finding it comparable to the investment made following the two world wars.

Faculty panel: More investment for social good is needed

Financial markets could help society achieve both prosperity and equity, but investment in efforts to address pressing social problems is still underfunded, according to a panel of Cornell faculty.

Sevin Fellowship returns to West Campus

Created in 2006 in honor of Professor Milton Konvitz, the Sevin Fellowship brings a distinguished figure in American public life to West Campus to engage and share insights with current residents.  

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