Experts gathered at Cornell Sept. 17 for a daylong symposium on “Food Security in a Vulnerable World,” at which suggestions were offered to G20 leaders in absentia.
Brain regions associated with memory shrink as adults age, and this size decrease is more pronounced in those who go on to develop neurodegenerative disease, reports a new study by Cornell researchers.
Symposium to showcase program that trained students to use interdisciplinary approaches to food systems and agriculture issues that contribute to extreme poverty.
Weill Cornell Medical College has received a $100 million gift from longtime benefactors Joan and Sanford I. Weill to launch a $300 million capital campaign dedicated to using the most advanced scientific approaches to rapidly translate research breakthroughs into innovative treatments and therapies for patients.
Researchers and extension educators are working to help promote regional wild fish and game species to locavores as healthy food options, by adding the data they've collected to nutritional databases and starting a Wild Harvest Table initiative.
“Bodies in Formation: An Ethnography of Anatomy and Surgery Education” by Rachel Prentice describes how surgical simulators and other technologies are shaping surgeons in the 21st century.
The Cornell Urban Scholars Program program matched 14 undergraduates with nonprofit and government agencies in New York City for eight-week paid service-based internships. The students reflected on their experiences a reception July 24.
