Vet college expansion looks to increase number of students

A $22 million renovation of the College of Veterinary Medicine will sustain its current class size and pave the way for expansion to accommodate more students.

Lower temperatures mean higher vigilance needed for pets

A Cornell veterinarian reviews some of the primary hazards to pets in the holiday and winter season. Beware, for example, of holiday items, cords, antifreeze and icy feet.

Introducing new members of the faculty

Get aquainted with the 2011-12 new faculty members, including hobbies, interests and academic focus. (Nov. 29, 2011)

How unchecked alarms can spark autoimmune disease

Immunologist Cynthia Leifer identifies immune cell mechanisms that sometimes go wrong, opening the door for possible new therapies for autoimmune diseases like lupus and arthritis. (Nov. 28, 2011)

Joint grad program trains wildlife conservation scientists

Cornell and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute have teamed up to offer a new shared doctoral program that will train the next generation of wildlife conservation scientists. (Oct. 26, 2011)

Of mice and women: Ithaca-Weill collaborations boost research and recruiting, say panelists

Collaborations between researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Ithaca campus yield results that might otherwise be impossible, and make Cornell more attractive to graduate students.

Researchers win $3 million NIH grant to fight cancer

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)

Finding may permit drug delivery to the brain - for Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis and brain cancers

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)

Vet College's new program trains grad students to be teachers, too

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)