Food-system activism cultivated in 70 high school students at first Youth Grow Summit

More than 70 high school students learned about sustainable and just community food systems June 28-30 at Cornell's first Youth Grow Summit. (July 6, 2011)

Weill Cornell medical students see primary care, rural medicine in Ithaca

A collaboration between Weill Cornell, Cayuga Medical Center and about a dozen Ithaca doctors gives third- or fourth-year medical students the opportunity to spend a six-week clerkship in Ithaca. (July 5, 2011)

Study: Health information technology poses no harm to nursing home residents

Cornell gerontologists have published the first study to examine how nursing home residents perceive electronic health information technology. The study shows that the technology poses no harm to the residents. (July 1, 2011)

Teachers learn how to spice up classes with ideas from global food customs

More than four dozen teachers attended a three-day workshop at Cornell to get ideas on how to integrate information about international food customs and food production into their curricula.

New Cornell institute will focus on health policy

The new Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors and Disparities is designed to attract scholars from a wide array of fields related to health policy. (June 27, 2011)

Students take top prize for developing cassava cookies for poor nations

Various Cornellians reaped prizes at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting, June 11-14, including a student team who took first prize for developing cassava cookies for poor countries.

Students, faculty travel to Tanzania for global health

For the third year in a row, 15 Cornell students are taking part in the Global Health Summer Session Program in Tanzania. (June 15, 2011)

Study: Long-term use of vitamin E may decrease COPD risk

A new Cornell study suggests that long-term, regular use of vitamin E in women 45 years of age and older may help decrease the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by about 10 percent. (June 15, 2011)

Project launches the nutrient-dense juneberry as new fruit crop for the Northeast

A Cornell project is launching interest in the Northeast in growing and using juneberries, which are even more healthful on many fronts, than blueberries. (June 15, 2011)