$1.5M grant boosts postdoctoral research across 4 colleges

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded Cornell the grant to support postdoctoral researchers in key areas of the natural sciences.

Scientists map key oceanic unknowns in climate interventions

Researchers review climate intervention strategies to cut emissions and improve oceanic health.

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Dawn Schrader, moral psychology expert, dies at 67

Dawn Schrader, associate professor in the Department of Communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, known for her intellectual rigor and deep humanity, died Jan. 6 at age 67.

AI improves flood projections under climate change

Physics-based models should be supplemented with AI hydrological models rather than relying on site-specific estimates, researchers find.

CCE writes a prescription for health in the North Country

The North Country Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program helps participants with chronic disease learn to eat more healthfully – and get $150 in free vouchers for fruits and vegetables.

Weill Institute welcomes Tara Fischer as newest research member

Fischer investigates how cells detect and repair organelle damage, and how these processes influence inflammation and the progression of neurodegenerative disease. 

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Kotlikoff to December grads: ‘Meet the future with confidence’

More than 500 graduates and 2,000 friends and family celebrated at the 23rd December Recognition Ceremony on Dec. 21.

Soil molecular diversity spikes as microbes decompose plants

As soil microbes break down plant residues, they produce a diverse set of molecules, but this diversity starts to fall after the initial phase of decomposition (roughly 32 days). Understanding how soils retain or emit carbon dioxide during this process may inform climate change resilience efforts.

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Model reveals tradeoffs that limit harm caused by malaria parasite

A new study based on mathematical modeling reveals how parasites’ choice between using resources to replicate within hosts and transmitting to new mosquito and human hosts might limit their virulence.