Cornell Tech celebrates opening of new MakerLAB in the Tata Innovation Center

Cornell Tech leadership, alongside elected officials, faculty, students, staff, and the Roosevelt Island community, hosted an official ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the campus’s new MakerLAB on May 2.

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Human Ecology faculty member awarded for scientific discovery in nutrition

The American Society for Nutrition Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation recognized Julia Finkelstein, associate professor in Nutritional Sciences, for her work on in vitamin B12 and one-carbon metabolism.

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Health care cooperatives could hold key to easing caregiver shortage

Home care cooperatives may be the key to alleviating the shortage of paid caregivers for older Americans, according to a new study co-authored by Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research Ariel Avgar, Ph.D. ’08, and Dr. Madeline Sterling, A&S ’08, associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and director of ILR’s Initiative on Home Care Work.

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CIAMS members receive awards from Society for American Archaeology

Matthew Velasco, assistant professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Anna Whittemore, doctoral candidate in anthropology, received awards from the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) at the SAA annual meeting on April 25. 

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Cornell anthropology opens Collaboratory May 14

The new Anthropology Collaboratory gathers many of the university’s anthropology collections and laboratories together in one place in Olin Library. 

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Cornell Tech celebrates innovation and entrepreneurship with May events

The annual Startup Awards will feature top student pitch presentations, and special guest Andrew Ross Sorkin will announce winners.

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Molecular double agent: Protein “Eato” plays surprising role in protecting the brain

A team of researchers at Cornell University have made a discovery in fruit flies that could change the way we understand brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in humans.   

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Conference on African political economy honors van de Walle

“Politics, Markets, and Governance in Africa: A conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle,” set for May 8-9, will focus on the core themes of African political economy, regimes, and modes of electoral and social participation and contestation. 

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Digital marketing certificate helps hospitality professionals drive customer engagement

In the Hospitality Digital Marketing certificate program, Cornell Nolan School faculty share principles for integrating corporate brand communications across media channels.

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