Trishala Dessai is looking out for gig workers

The next episode of the Startup Cornell podcast features an MBA student whose business focuses on gig workers, as well as their customers.

Around Cornell

Postcards from Earth: Hologram project showcased at Intrepid

A yearslong effort to launch Cornell-made satellite technology into a neighboring solar system is making a terrestrial stop at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City with a new exhibit: “Postcards from Earth: Holograms on an Interstellar Journey.”

Weill Cornell Medicine awarded grant for lymphoma research

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $4.2 million grant by the National Cancer Institute to investigate the molecular mechanisms by which immune cells interact with Epstein-Barr virus to cause lymphoma, particularly in people living with HIV. 

Cornell students help Tarrytown envision waterfront future

As sea levels rise over the next decades for low-lying Hudson River towns, Cornell landscape architecture students offered ideas for coping with climate change and embracing the water.

Long COVID symptoms vary among racial and ethnic groups

Black and Hispanic patients were more likely than white patients to develop a wide array of lasting symptoms and conditions after a COVID-19 diagnosis, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.

Study highlights ongoing challenge of screening for COPD

A new screening tool identified roughly half of primary care patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder who could benefit from available treatments, according to a nationwide study.

On-demand male contraceptive shows promise in preclinical study

An experimental contraceptive drug candidate developed by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators temporarily stops sperm in their tracks and prevents pregnancies in preclinical models.

Weill Cornell Medicine grants to advance lymphoma research

Two new grants from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will support Weill Cornell Medicine’s pathbreaking research on the origins of lymphomas and on treatments that exploit these cancers’ biological vulnerabilities.

Less lung tissue removal needed for early stage cancer

Surgery that removes only a portion of one of the five lobes that comprise a lung is as effective as the traditional surgery that removes an entire lobe for certain patients with early-stage lung cancer, a new study has found.