Hartwell award to fund study of mitochondrial disease in children

Joeva Barrow, assistant professor of molecular nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, has won a 2022 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award, which funds biomedical research to advance children’s health.

Staff News

Students’ island clean-up trip inspires multimedia projects

Fourteen students spent their spring break on a Massachusetts island, dismantling hundreds of discarded lobster traps, collecting sounds of the island and deepening their understanding of human impacts on marine life.

Dark comedy can lighten up fight against climate change

In his new book, “Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change,” history professor Aaron Sachs demonstrates how laughter can give you strength to persevere even when things seem most hopeless.

‘Cheap thrills’: Low-cost leisure leads to less work, more play

People today work substantially less than they did generations ago – not just because they have more money, but because of the virtually unlimited trove of cheap entertainment increasingly at their fingertips, according to new economics research.

Noted life of an “Atlantic Creole” focus of Becker Lectures

This year's Carl Becker Lectures, April 25-27, will illuminate the extraordinary life of Captain Francisco Menéndez.

Around Cornell

Eight students receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

A diverse group of students and recent graduates representing Cornell’s four contract colleges has been selected to receive the 2023 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

Translator-Interpreter Program wins annual Perkins Prize

The student-run Translator-Interpreter Program, which trains bilingual and multilingual Cornell students to serve as volunteer translators and interpreters for community agencies, received the 27th annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony.

Robert Langer ’70 receives engineering’s highest alumni honor

Robert Langer ’70, whose pioneering work in biotechnology, drug delivery and tissue engineering has made him one of the most prolific inventors in medicine, received the Cornell Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award during a celebration hosted April 19.

Cornell’s first Fashion Expo takes on New York City

The College of Human Ecology’s first Cornell Fashion Expo, held April 14, gave student designers a chance to present their work to industry experts and Cornell alumni in New York City, one of the fashion capitals of the world.