Most big cities are well below their ideal density of grocery stores that would minimize food waste, according to a study by Elena Belavina, associate professor in the School of Hotel Administration.
Maria Cristina Garcia, from the College of Arts and Sciences, and Anthony Burrow, from the College of Human Ecology, have won the inaugural Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service Through Diversity.
Cornell events include an adventure film festival and Oscar-nominated shorts; adaptive rock climbing; a reading by Emily Fridlund and Joanie Mackowski; and an exhibition featuring campus voices on goodness, gratitude and belonging.
Cornell Engineering has announced winners of its Scale-Up and Prototyping Awards, which give teams of engineering faculty and students up to $40,000 to commercialize startup technologies.
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine report immune cell activity in the brain differs between males and females in ways that may explain why some neurodegenerative diseases affect the sexes differently.
The Spitzer Space Telescope – with its Cornell-developed infrared spectrograph instrument – has been peering through murky cosmic dust to study the distant heavens. The mission ends Jan. 30.
An NSF-funded initiative, co-led by professor David S. Matteson, aims to harness data across disciplines in order to identify risk factors for catastrophic events.
A group of researchers led by adjunct professor David Stern, president of the Boyce Thompson Institute, has developed a type of corn that is chill-resistant, which could increase growing area and productivity.
With the coronavirus spreading in other parts of the world, Cornell has been working with campus partners, as well as local and state resources, to protect the health and well-being of the Cornell community.
