COVID-flu vaccine could provide broad, lasting protection

The new platform, which provided 100% protection from influenza and COVID-19 in mouse models, could vastly improve vaccine administration and the efficacy of the current flu vaccine.

Joseph Burns, emeritus professor, former dean of faculty, dies at 83

Joseph A. Burns, Ph.D. ’66, emeritus professor of engineering and astronomy, and a former vice provost and dean of the Cornell faculty, died Feb. 26 in Ithaca.

Cornell Center for Social Sciences names 2025-26 Faculty Fellows

12 faculty members from seven colleges have been named 2025-26 Faculty Fellows with the Cornell Center for Social Sciences.

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AI system can analyze serial medical images

A new AI-based system for analyzing images taken over time can accurately detect changes and predict outcomes, which may be useful across a wide range of medical and scientific applications.

Cornell Atkinson awards support graduate student biodiversity and sustainability research

Cornell Atkinson is supporting 36 graduate students whose work protects biodiversity, improves health, reduces climate risk and more. 

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Altier, Parrish elected to microbiology academy

Dr. Craig Altier and Colin Parrish, Ph.D. ’84, both of the College of Veterinary Medicine, have been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology.

Summer farm internships offer learning and growth

Cornell AES manages farms and greenhouses that support research but are also unique teaching tools for over 40 courses. This is the fifth story in a series about on-farm teaching; summer internships offer undergraduates immersive learning experiences.

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Professor Wendy Ju honored with prestigious Association for Computing Machinery Award

Professor Wendy Ju has been awarded a place in the Class of 2025 of the prestigious Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction Academy.

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Designing self-destructing bacteria to make effective TB vaccines

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.