Cornell helps NYS growers hone the art and science of poinsettias

From root rot and powdery mildew to white flies and Lewis mites, the threats to poinsettias abound - NYS growers persevere with the support and expertise of Cornell faculty and staff. 

DoD grant funds innovative approach to fighting kidney cancer

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate a new therapeutic approach for the most common form of kidney cancer.

Poets in Japan experiment at the edge of media

During the past century, experimental poets in Japan have been stretching the conventional definition of the genre by creating poems in unexpected places, according to a Cornell researcher.

2024 Bartels Awards honor custodians’ ‘call to duty’

A Dec. 11 ceremony recognized six Building Care Department employees for outstanding service and announced scholarships for staff and their children.

In ‘Fun Home’ and other books, queer narratives rework time

In “Never On Time, But Always in Time,” Kate McCullough of the College of Arts and Sciences examines four books to explore how queer narratives focus on the body and its senses to find alternative ways of experiencing and presenting time.

App creates time-lapse videos of the body for telemedicine

A new app developed by Cornell computer science researchers helps users record highly accurate time-lapse videos of body parts – a surprisingly difficult task and an unmet need in remote medicine and telehealth applications.

Carla Gomes named Schmidt AI2050 Senior Fellow

Philanthropic organization Schmidt Sciences has named Carla P. Gomes of Cornell Bowers CIS an AI2050 Senior Fellow for her work on innovative AI approaches to advance scientific discovery, focusing on significant sustainability challenges.

CCE appoints youth and families critical issue lead

Cornell Cooperative Extension has appointed Alexa Maille as the critical issue lead for extension programming in the areas of youth and families, effective October 1.

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Fashion police dictated gender norms in early modern Genoa

Sumptuary laws – designed to “control luxury clothing consumption and the social ills it could encourage” – constrained women more than they did men. 

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