Public Engagement

New York health commissioner touts reform during visit

Nirav Shah, M.D., New York State Health Commissioner, cited the success of health care reforms and proposed additional steps to be taken on campus Feb. 26.

Freshmen, city kids make masks at Johnson Museum

Cornell freshmen spend time with kids from Ithaca's Southside Community Center at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Feb. 22, where they made masks.

United Way campaign in the homestretch

A number of faculty and staff responded with a pledge to the 2013 Cornell United Way Campaign, bringing the university to nearly 95 percent of its goal.

Cornell senior receives new Shoals Lab award

Vanessa Constant ’14 is the inaugural recipient of a new award from Shoals Marine Lab.

Adapted arthritis program boosts participation

By simply enhancing the content in a low-cost six-week program that teaches people how to manage arthritis pain, attendance improved dramatically.

Indoor urban farms called wasteful, 'pie in the sky'

Emeritus professor of biological and environmental engineering Louis Albright challenged the sustainability of indoor urban farms in a campus talk Feb. 10.

New worm infecting U.S. cats discovered

Cornell researchers have discovered a worm infecting U.S. cats for the first time. Their discovery is published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.

Cornell experts help make old clothes new again

Researchers and looking at how to "upcycle" tons of clothing is thrown into landfills into usable clothes in Haiti.

Conservation practices to be examined in lecture

Irus Braverman will deliver the Society for the Humanities and the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Annual Lecture, Feb. 20.