HIV/AIDS exhibit tells story of love and acceptance

“Threads of Life, Loss, and Love: An HIV/AIDS Story” runs Aug. 15 through Dec. 2 in the Human Ecology Commons and Level T display cases and features garments, accessories, documents, ephemera and film from the collection of Sylvia Goldstaub.

Netflix and meow: Cat documentary features CVM’s Kornreich

Dr. Bruce Kornreich, D.V.M. ’92, Ph.D. ’05, director of the Cornell Feline Health Center, is a featured expert on “Inside the Mind of a Cat,” a documentary premiering Aug. 18 on Netflix.

PlantGENE to catalyze plant biotechnology improvement

New community-driven network of plant biotechnologists will improve plant transformation capacity, addressing a major bottleneck in plant science needed to feed a booming global population during an era of climate change.

Cornell welcomes students, marks milestone in residential life

As students begin moving in on Aug. 15, Cornell will mark a milestone in residential life – the final three buildings of the North Campus Residential Expansion will open, enabling all first- and second-year students to live on campus or in Cornell-affiliated housing.

James Turner, a ‘giant’ of Africana studies, dies at 82

James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a pioneer of the multidisciplinary approach to exploring the African diaspora, died Aug. 6.

Competition limits the ranges of mountain birds

Birds living in tropical mountains have narrow ranges. Why not make use of the whole mountain? A new study finds the dominant influence for their choice has to do with the neighbors.

Around Cornell

Portable cancer testing expands in sub-Saharan Africa

A portable diagnostic device designed by researchers at Cornell Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine seeks to provide a fast and accurate diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma, a common yet difficult-to-detect cancer that often signals the presence of HIV infection.

Mini donkey gets big boost from pacemaker

Nix, a miniature donkey with a potentially fatal heart condition, is on the mend after a successful pacemaker implantation by veterinarians at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals – the first surgery of its kind in a large animal species at Cornell.

Academic boot camp boosts veterans’ higher ed mission

Thirteen enlisted military service members and veterans completed an intensive two-week curriculum at Cornell in partnership with the nonprofit Warrior-Scholar Project, which helps veterans transition to higher education.