Robinson-Appel Award recipients create community-engaged solutions to social challenges

Three Cornell undergraduates are being recognized for their dedication to tackling social challenges through innovative, community-engaged learning projects.

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When protective lipids decline, health risks increase

New research from Weill Cornell Medicine has uncovered a surprising culprit underlying cardiovascular diseases in obesity and diabetes – not the presence of certain fats, but their suppression.

Levy Award winner leads team co-designing school playgrounds with Cornell and elementary students

In recognition of her work uniting students, designers and educators across generations to reimagine a play space that fosters creativity, inclusion and active play, Prof. Loebach has received this year’s George D. Levy Engaged Teaching and Research Award.

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Avian flu in raw milk found to be broadly sensitive to heat

In response to dairy industry needs, a team of researchers found that avian flu persisted in raw milk for as long as eight weeks when refrigerated - but also that it did not survive pasteurization and even some subpasteurization temperatures.

Religious leaders, physicians fight hypertension in Tanzania and beyond

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers and Tanzanian colleagues are leveraging clergy's influence to lower life-threatening hypertension rates in Tanzania, and potentially the U.S.

Reprogramming gut cells to treat short bowel syndrome

Knocking out a single gene reprograms part of the large intestine to function like the nutrient-absorbing small intestine; Weill Cornell investigators showed that this reversed the malnutrition that results when most of the small intestine is removed.

A crucial first step: WHO Pandemic Agreement

The WHO Pandemic Agreement directly addresses the risk of zoonotic spillovers — transmission of pathogens from animals to humans. With over a million undiscovered viruses in animal hosts, Raina Plowright and her colleagues urge swift action. 

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Hitting the target: Imaging reveals psilocybin’s neural odyssey

Cornell researchers have identified a pair of key neurological mechanisms in the brain – a cell type and receptor – that enable the psychedelic compound’s long-lasting effects.

Omega-6 fatty acid promotes growth of aggressive type of breast cancer

Linoleic acid enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat “triple negative” breast cancer subtype.