Working toward more effective tuberculosis vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of mycobacteria with “kill switches” that can be triggered to stop the bacteria after they activate an immune response.
For her skilled management and healthy sense of humor, Sarah Albrecht, administrative manager of the Science and Technology Studies Department in the College of Arts and Sciences, received the Employee Assembly’s 2024 George Peter Award for Dedicated Service.
The Feb. 28 event will provide a forum for scientists, social scientists and humanities scholars to discuss challenges to research support in response to recent major changes to federal funding.
Don Turcotte, the former Maxwell Upson Professor of Engineering in the Department of Geological Sciences who brought his aeronautic research roots into pioneering collaborations in the study of mantle dynamics and plate tectonics, died Feb. 4 in Davis, California.
Students, scientists and artists have joined forces to present a Cornell University Library exhibit designed to spread awareness about non-native plants and insects threatening ecosystems in New York state.
A $13 million endowment from the Dimond family will fund scholarships at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration, as part of the university’s “To Do the Greatest Good” campaign.
