Poultry vaccine nets Ezra Technology Innovator Award

Two Cornell professors emeriti of veterinary medicine have received the 2015 Ezra Technology Innovator Award for their work as co-inventors of the Marek's disease vaccine.

Exosome proteins predict cancer's spread, study shows

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered precisely how certain types of cancers spread to particular organs in the body, supporting the century-old "seed and soil" theory of metastasis.

Cell stress response and fat and obesity gene linked

Cornell researchers have discovered mechanisms that control the function of a fat and obesity gene while at the same time answering a long-standing question about how cells respond to stress.

Cornell Neurotech launched with multimillion dollar gift

A gift from Mong Family Foundation, through Stephen Mong '92, MEN '93, MBA '02, will create Cornell Neurotech, a cross-campus effort to understand how individual brain cells function.

Dominican medical students exchange knowledge on campus

As part of the Global Health Program's new collaboration in the Dominican Republic, ten Dominican medical students visited campus for a week beginning Oct. 15 to exchange ideas and knowledge.

Central Asian village dogs closest to original dogs

Village dogs from present-day Nepal and Mongolia are direct descendants of the first domesticated dogs, which originated at least 15,000 years ago in that region, a new study reports.

Fuller gift keeps Lab of Ornithology soaring

H. Laurance "Larry" Fuller '60 and Nancy Lawrence Fuller '62 have endowed the Fuller Professor of Ornithology for top scientists in lab research. The first to hold the position is Irby Lovette.

Lab of Ornithology book celebrates centennial

A new coffee table book, "The Living Bird: 100 Years of Listening to Nature," celebrates the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's centennial with essays and photos.

Three researchers receive NIH 'new innovator' awards

Three young Cornell researchers have won National Institutes of Health New Innovator Awards. The awards provide up to $1.5 million over five years for innovative, high-impact projects.