Online game invites public to fight Alzheimer's

A new online game is inviting members of the public to look under a virtual microscope and contribute directly to Alzheimer's disease research at Cornell.

Bigger than ever, Cornell corpse flower poised to bloom

The plant nicknamed "Wee Stinky," one of two flowering-sized titan arums in Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory, is prepping for a dazzling reproductive effort to make itself big, hot and smelly.

Nobel laureate to talk on how statins work, why hearts attack

Nobel laureate Dr. Michael Brown, whose research paved the way for the development of statins, will explain how these drugs work in the Ef Racker Lecture in Biology and Medicine Thursday, Oct. 20.

Student discovers extinct plague locust specimens

Brandon Woo '19 uncovered three Rocky Mountain locusts in the Cornell University Insect Collection; the locusts wreaked agricultural havoc 150 years ago.

Gift lets entrepreneurship faculty hire assistants

Eight faculty members from five colleges, as well as Cornell Tech, won awards from the Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantship program, allowing them to expand courses or add teaching assistants.

Wildlife program gets $4.8 million to track NYS disease

The New York State Cooperative Wildlife Health Program – a partnership among Cornell and New York state to track and manage wildlife diseases – will receive $4.8 million over the five years.

Graduate students bring expertise to local schools

A volunteer program is connecting graduate students in the sciences and other fields with K-12 classrooms to teach mini-courses in Tompkins, Cayuga and Seneca county schools.

Awards announced for life science, industry partnerships

Nine projects were awarded 2016-17 Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) grants.

Neurotech symposium on the brain spotlights new discoveries

Researchers plumbing the mysteries of the brain gathered on Sept. 29 to share their discoveries at the inaugural Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium in the Biotechnology Building.