Few US workers aware of COVID sick leave protections

Even with federal provisions aimed at protecting workers, instances of sick people being unable to take time off tripled during the pandemic, new Cornell research has found.

‘Codeswitching’ considered professional, study finds

Black employees who engage in racial codeswitching are consistently perceived as more professional, by both Black and white individuals, than employees who do not codeswitch, according to new ILR research.

Hover to play key role in Surfside collapse investigation

Concrete expert Ken Hover, Ph.D. ’84, professor of civil and environmental engineering, will help the federal government investigate the June 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida.

Female hummingbirds look like males to evade harassment

New research on the glittering White-necked Jacobin hummingbird reveals nearly 20% of the species’ adult females have male-like plumage. Why? To dodge bullies and get better access to food, according to new Cornell research.

Four assistant professors win early-career awards

Cornell assistant professors researching artificial intelligence, sustainable energy, digitization in manufacturing and chemistry have recently received early-career awards from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.

Four Faculty Awarded with Endowed Professorships

The endowed professorships will fund ground-breaking research in the areas of psychology and human development, fiber science and apparel design, and nutritional sciences.

Around Cornell

Weill Cornell awarded $28.5M grant to lead HIV cure research

The grant will fund a Weill Cornell Medicine-based program known as REACH: Research Enterprise to Advance a Cure for HIV, which was formed in late 2020.

Students’ satellite mission explores earliest universe

A new program provides undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from the College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences with hands-on experience in developing innovative small spacecraft missions in high-priority areas of space science.

Fructose contributes to obesity by changing cells

Eating fructose appears to alter cells in the digestive tract in a way that enables them to take in more nutrients, according to a preclinical study at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.