Transportation innovations could boost public health

A Cornell-led team has used transdisciplinary systems modeling to calculate the future health benefits of vehicle electrification, driverless cars and ride-sharing in the United States.

Software tool breathes life into post-COVID office airflow

As offices spring back to life, interior space designers and architects will soon have an easy planning tool to efficiently diagram workplace airflow.

‘Go-getter’ director nurtures McGovern incubator to maturity

When Lou Walcer ’74 stepped into the new business incubator in Weill Hall 10 years ago, he saw opportunity. Now, the center has enjoyed a decade of success.

COVID-19 vaccines show safety, immunity in infant model

The research, co-led by Weill Cornell Medicine, suggests that vaccines for young children are likely important, safe tools to curtail the pandemic.

Identifying social determinants of health in Brooklyn

New research from NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine identified economic and social conditions impacting individual and group differences in health status, known as social determinants of health.

Mosquito love songs send mixed message about immunity

The study suggests male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes make trade-offs between investing energy towards immunity or investing it on traits that impact mating and fitness.

Cooperative Extension grant aims to vaccinate NYS’ vulnerable

A two-year, $200,000 grant from the USDA and the Extension Foundation to Cornell researchers aims to help promote vaccine confidence and uptake in vulnerable communities in eight New York counties, both upstate and downstate.

Weill Cornell launches $1.5B campaign to change medicine

Building on a legacy of groundbreaking advances in medicine and science, Weill Cornell Medicine today launched a $1.5 billion campaign that will harness emerging biomedical innovations to bring exemplary care to patients and create enduring change in medicine.

Researchers look to gut microbiome to improve bone health

A Cornell-led collaboration has been awarded a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore the ways that the gut microbiome – that mass of microorganisms inside us all – impacts bone quality.