$10M grant establishes Center for Reproductive Genomics

A $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health has established a new Center for Reproductive Genomics that will connect reproductive scientists across Cornell.

Paul Streeter named VP for budget and planning

Paul Streeter, assistant dean for finance and administration at the College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named Cornell’s new vice president for budget and planning, effective April 1.

Vitamin D may be risk factor in dog's heart failure

The first study on vitamin D status and congestive heart failure in dogs suggests the same that vitamin D deficiency may be a risk factor for congestive heart failure in canines.

Davisson reflects on life at Cornell, looks forward to D.C.

Robin Davisson looks back on her time at Cornell, and forward to new opportunities, as she and husband Cornell President David Skorton prepare to move in 2015.

BEST program will train Ph.D.s for nonacademic careers

With so few available academic jobs, Cornell will start a NIH-funded pilot program to help train life sciences graduate students and postdocs for nonacademic positions. A kickoff event is March 18.

Gene family proven to suppress prostate cancer

Cornell researchers have found direct genetic evidence that a family of genes, called MicroRNA-34, are bona fide tumor suppressors.

New grant to study herd productivity and fertility

Cornell is part of a new, multistate, $3 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to better understand how selectively breeding their herds to encourage milk production is reducing their fertility.

President David Skorton to lead Smithsonian Institution

President David J. Skorton has been named the next secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum and research complex. He will continue all the duties and activities of his office at Cornell through June 30, 2015.

New worm infecting U.S. cats discovered

Cornell researchers have discovered a worm infecting U.S. cats for the first time. Their discovery is published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.