Scientists sic samurai wasps on stink bugs

Cornell researchers have released samurai wasps on 24 farms throughout New York to test how well they control brown marmorated stink bugs, an agricultural and household pest.

Danny Scott honored by canine health organization

Danny Scott, the James Law Professor Emeritus of Dermatology, has been awarded the International Canine Health Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award.

Academic Integration Initiative builds on first-year successes

A year into Cornell’s Academic Integration Initiative, Gary Koretzky ’78 is relocating to Ithaca and taking on a new title to continue leading efforts to better promote, build and enhance collaborative research efforts across Cornell's campuses.

Veterinary pathologists bolster NY crime-fighting efforts

Recognition of the link between human and animal abuse has helped spur a slowly growing system for investigating and prosecuting crimes against animals. Cornell veterinary pathologists play a key role, performing necropsies and delivering expert testimony.

Cohen, Wildeman named provost fellows

Emmanuel Giannelis, vice provost for research, has appointed biomedical sciences professor Paula Cohen and policy analysis and management professor Christopher Wildeman as provost fellows.

Center for Conservation Social Sciences looks at human role in nature

The newly renamed Center for Conservation Social Sciences will work to understand the public's relationship with natural conservation.

Former Veterinary College dean Edward C. Melby Jr. dies

Edward Carlos Melby Jr., DVM ’54, dean emeritus of the College of Veterinary Medicine, died April 22 of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 88 years old.

McGovern Center signs Dynamic Boundaries startup

Dynamic Boundaries, a startup that aims to relieve pain and improve mobility for patients suffering from severe osteoarthritis, joined Cornell’s McGovern Center, a business incubator, June 1.

Fetal T cells are first responders to infection in adults

For the first time, Cornell researchers have discovered there is a division of labor among immune cells that fight invading pathogens in the body.