USAID taps Cornell to advance Ebola protective garments

In the war against ebola, Cornell University and two partners will rethink, reimagine and re-engineer protective suits for health care workers on the front line.

Experiment reveals diet, immunity and gene links in fruit fly

A scientific finding that demonstrates specific genes influencing the effect of dietary nutrition on immunity provides insights that may one day inform personalized medicine.

Emotion, values called valid in cancer-treatment decisions

Decision-making tools for cancer treatment should incorporate patient's 'essential bottom line,' according to Valerie F. Reyna, professor of human development in Cornell’s College of Human Ecology.

Lewis Cantley wins Canada Gairdner International Award

Weill Cornell Medical College's Dr. Lewis C. Cantley has won the 2015 Canada Gairdner International Award from the Gairdner Foundation for his groundbreaking discovery of a family of enzymes that are fundamental to understanding cancer.

Weill Cornell medical students celebrate Match Day

Weill Cornell Medical College students learned where they will do their residency training – the next three to seven years of their medical careers – during national Match Day, March 20.

Music and Medicine brings a healing art to Lincoln Center

The Music and Medicine Initiative, a partnership between the Juilliard School and Weill Cornell, gives medical students the chance to continue their musical lives. The spring concert was held March 10 at Lincoln Center.

Professors chew on dietary politics at D.C. event

In a panel of new proposed federal dietary guidelines in Washington, D.C., March 18, two Cornell professors look at their potential impact and food-industry efforts to weaken the guidelines.

Med students share passion-fueled research findings

Weill Cornell Medical College held its 13th annual Medical Student Research Day, which provides a forum for students to share their original research with peers, faculty and volunteer judges.

Biomarker monitors testosterone therapy for osteoporosis

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that a known biomarker of bone mineral density also can be used to monitor the effects of testosterone therapy in men who suffer from osteoporosis.