Wojtek Pawlowski, associate professor of plant breeding and genetics, is partnering with French biotech company Meiogenix, with the goal of more effectively engineering maize, the world’s top staple crop.
Yusef Salaam, one of the five teenagers wrongly convicted in the Central Park jogger case in 1990, gave the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture Feb. 17 in Sage Chapel.
Sergio Garcia-Rios, assistant professor of government and Latina/o studies, is leading Univision’s polling of Latino voters through the 2020 election cycle.
Bailey Drewes and Chelsea Benson, Cornell employees who will complete in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the marathon, love the spirit among sub-elite runners, who juggle jobs in addition to their training.
Is the American dream alive? Steve Israel, director of Cornell’s Institute of Politics and Global affairs, shared his thoughts on the subject as part of a panel discussion during the recent “State of the American Dream” event in New York City.
Black Entrepreneurs in Training, now in its second year, aims to increase entrepreneurship among students of color at Cornell, and generate a visible group of black alumni who’ve founded successful companies.
Sales representatives’ “detailing” visits increased drug firm revenues but did not improve prescribing quality, according to a study co-authored by Colleen Carey, assistant professor of policy analysis and management.
Quiet rooms and friendly nurses sway hospitals' patient satisfaction scores more than medical quality or survival rates, according a new study by Cristobal Young, associate professor of sociology.
Events at Cornell include the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture with Yusef Salaam; pianist Philip Carli and silent films at Cornell Cinema; astrophysicist David Stevenson, Ph.D. '76; and the 2020 Backyard Bird Count.
