Three researchers have been awarded a five-year Transformative Research Projects Award of about $3.04 million to fight cancer by targeting the regulation of metabolic enzymes. (Sept. 21, 2011)
Researchers may have uncovered a gateway across the blood-brain barrier so that therapies to treat Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and brain cancers might be effectively delivered. (Sept. 14, 2011)
Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine has partnered with the Center for Teaching Excellence to launch the first subject-specific teacher training offered on campus. (Sept. 14, 2011)
By learning how the herpesvirus is contagious, College of Veterinary Medicine researchers have paved the way for future drugs. Their study is published in PNAS. (Sept. 13, 2011)
In its 2012 rankings, U.S. News and World Report ranks Cornell second in engineering science/engineering physics programs and fourth among biological/agricultural engineering programs. (Sept. 13, 2011)
In rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America, poor farmers supplement their livelihoods by hunting and cutting wood, but such practices seriously threaten biodiversity in the developing world. (Aug. 22, 2011)
On Oct. 8, Cornell veterinary students will join volunteer alumni to offer their first daylong animal wellness clinic in the Bronx. Organizers hope it will become a regular event.
A new study published in Nature Aug. 4 shows how simple mechanical forces between neighboring types of tissue help organs take shape and grow. (Aug. 4, 2011)
