Report outlines how to make care systems more equitable

Women of color help form the backbone of the frontline direct care workforce, yet confront challenges accessing the care they need for themselves and their families, according to a new report published by ILR’s Worker Institute.

Podcast episode explores creation: medieval poems to Thai temples

A new episode of “The Humanities Pod” explores the language and materiality of belief through literary and anthropological methods of humanities research.

Around Cornell

Astronomers seek gravitational waves with renewed NSF grant

The funding will enable astronomy researchers at the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves consortium to continue their search for five more years.

Klarman postdoc seeks ‘theory of everything’ by approximation

Francesco Sgarlata, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is using his three-year fellowship to address the inconsistency of two pillar theories – general relativity and quantum mechanics.

Data policy program boosts high school students

More than 100 underserved high schoolers participated in an expanded eCornell data policy and analysis program, in which they explored pressing policy issues such as income inequality, racial justice and climate change through economic and sociological lenses.

Spreading Big Red spirit around the world with Virtual Reunion

Cornell Reunion took place online, bringing together alumni from across the globe. Cornellians from six continents tuned in June 10-13, with alumni from Ithaca to the United Kingdom to Japan joining in the celebration.

Jinhua Zhao named new dean of Dyson School

Zhao, professor of economics at Michigan State University, will begin his appointment as the David J. Nolan Dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management on July 1.

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.

Magneto-thermal imaging brings synchrotron capabilities to the lab

Cornell researchers have developed a method of magneto-thermal imaging that offers nanoscale and picosecond resolution previously available only in synchrotron facilities.