NYS grants veterinary diagnostic lab $19.5M for building expansion

Lawmakers announced $19.5 million in capital funding to the New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Cornell during a ceremony July 29 at the university. 

Acceptance seen as a key to ‘financial mindfulness’

Emily Garbinsky, of the Johnson School, and colleagues have proposed an eight-item scale to measure individual differences in financial mindfulness, incorporating elements of both awareness and acceptance of one's financial situation.

High schoolers investigate programmable plants

Forty-five high school students from across the country took part in the 2024 CURIE Academy, a Cornell Engineering program for high school students interested in pursuing undergraduate studies in engineering.

Nexus Scholars study climate change inequality and infant language learning

The program in the College of Arts & Sciences provides undergraduate students with summer opportunities to conduct research with and be mentored by faculty from across the college.

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Rev: Ithaca Startup Works puts new entrepreneurs through their paces

Over 10 weeks, 22 teams of would-be entrepreneurs developed products ranging from multilingual children's toys to innovative greenhouse hoops for small-scale farmers.

$10M gift from Seneca Foods will support the Cornell Food Venture Center

The gift from the Seneca Foods Foundation will help food producers of all sizes bring their products to market.

Immune cell switch could control inflammation

Cornell researchers have identified a switch that regulates inflammation caused by an immune response, a finding that could one day help to control inflammation-related conditions. 

Study confirms mammal-to-mammal avian flu spread

A new study provides evidence that a spillover of avian influenza from birds to dairy cattle across several U.S. states has now led to mammal-to-mammal transmission – between cows and from cows to cats and a raccoon.

PMA profs’ film earns spot in PBS film festival

“Ghosts” tells the story of three Kiowa children who escaped a government boarding school in the winter of 1891.

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