Farmworker initiatives earn community engagement honor

Cornell is a regional winner of the 2019 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Awards, given by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.

Alum, wife build a bridge to better breastfeeding

Max Spivak ’07, MBA ’14, MILR ’15, and his wife Kate Spivak have launched a company, Laally, to manufacture and sell Kate’s invention, a breastfeeding supplementation device called the Bridge.

Inaugural class graduates from health care leadership program

The Executive M.B.A./M.S. in Healthcare Leadership, which combines a master’s from the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences with an MBA from the Johnson school, graduated its inaugural class in May.

Cornell chosen to host planetary astronomy postdoc fellowship

Cornell has been chosen to host the 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy, which provides up to eight postdoctoral scientists per year up to $375,000 of support over three years.

Expert testifies on deadly deer disease to House committee

Dr. Krysten Schuler, senior research associate in the College of Veterinary Medicine, gave testimony on chronic wasting disease June 25 before the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources.

4-H’ers sample careers, college life at annual conference

More than 300 young people from 45 New York state counties gathered on Cornell’s Ithaca campus for the annual Career Explorations Conference, where they learned about college life and career opportunities.

Psychologist and neurobiologist honored for career achievement

The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology recently honored professor emerita Elizabeth Adkins-Regan with its Daniel S. Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award.

Things to Do, June 30-July 31

Events at Cornell in July include free concerts and lectures, "Bound for Glory" summer shows, Maple Camp, and free ice cream and lawn games for employees.  

Chemistry professor Lin receives Naval young investigator award

Song Lin, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has been selected to receive an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, which supports early-career research.