High-calorie package images mislead eaters

Pictures displayed on food packages like cake mix have more calories than are listed on the nutrition panel and can lead consumers to significant overeating, Cornell research shows.

Eating green could be in your genes

Cornell researchers describe a genetic variation that has evolved in populations that have historically eaten vegetarian diets, such as in India, Africa and parts of East Asia.

Pre-Seed Workshop helps turn scientists into entrepreneurs

The Pre-Seed Workshop, sponsored by the Cornell Center for Life Science Enterprise, offers scientists guidance on how to move their technologies and inventions from the lab to the marketplace.

$4.8 million USAID grant to improve food security

The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded Cornell a $4.8 million, three-year grant to fight hunger and improve food security using agricultural science and technology.

Sharma named emergency medicine chief at Weill

Dr. Rahul Sharma has been named emergency physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.

GI tract bacteria help decrease stroke severity

Certain types of bacteria in the gut can leverage the immune system to decrease the severity of stroke, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine.

Rasmussen honored for milk and lactation research

Kathleen Rasmussen, Cornell's Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition, won the Macy-György Award at the 18th ISRHML Conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, March 3-7.

Author Ron Chernow discusses hip-hop musical 'Hamilton'

The best-selling author of "Alexander Hamilton" spoke to Weill Cornell Medicine students March 1 about his collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda on the wildly popular musical.

Enzyme inhibitor looks promising against cancer

A Cornell multi-site research team has developed a chemical compound that shows promise as a oncoprotein inhibitor with broad anti-cancer activity and little effect on non-cancerous cells.