Jerrie Gavalchin, associate professor in the Department of Animal Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, died May 3 in a bicycling accident near her home in Groton, New York.
Collaborating across disparate disciplines to tackle the grand challenges facing humanity is intrinsic to Cornell’s unique brand of research innovation.
When Kaavian Shariati ’20 learned he had Type 1 diabetes shortly before arriving at Cornell, he was shocked not only by his new responsibilities – monitoring his insulin levels day and night – but by the state of diabetes research.
Graduate School Dean Barbara Knuth is inspired daily by the scholarly work of Cornell’s graduate students. Their innovations and intellectual energy are vital to Cornell’s research productivity.
A multi-institution team, including a Cornell researcher, has received a National Science Foundation grant to design an open-source, 3D-printable medical mask inspired by the nasal structures of animals.
A team of doctors from the College of Veterinary Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine performed rare canine open-heart surgery to save Lucy, a 7-year-old yellow Labrador retriever.
A Cornell study of the structure of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, reveals a unique feature that could explain why it is so transmissible between people.
