Avgar, CAROW awarded grant to document home care worker power

The ILR School and Weill Cornell Medicine have received a $300,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to administer a worker-focused survey of home health aides across the North and the South of the United States. 

Around Cornell

Weill Cornell Medicine boosts medical research, health care, in Tanzania

Weill Cornell Medicine and colleagues in Tanzania are fostering a new generation of M.D./Ph.D. researchers, with implications for improved health care outcomes worldwide.

How a tiny RNA modification helps control cell stress responses

The modification commonly found on messenger RNAs plays a surprisingly large role in how cells respond to stress, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. 

Those most willing to address health disparities tend to be overlooked

Cornell researchers found that by prioritizing the perspectives of white Americans instead of those from underrepresented groups, studies of pandemic disparities likely missed important insights from those most affected by COVID-19.

Ribbon-cutting commemorates student residence completion and naming

A ceremonial ribbon-cutting on May 1 formally welcomed the Feil Family and Weill Family Residence Hall, located at the northwest corner of 74th Street and York Avenue, into Weill Cornell Medicine’s main campus.

Health care providers who work together save Medicare money

Teams of health care providers called Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program have saved Medicare between $4.1 billion and $8.1 billion from 2012–2019, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Three-dimensional gene hubs may promote brain cancer

The way DNA folds inside the nucleus of brain cells may hold the key to understanding a devastating form of brain cancer called glioblastoma, suggests a new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. 

Bala, Agrawal, Pascual elected to arts and sciences academy

Provost Kavita Bala and professors Anurag Agrawal and Dr. M. Virginia Pascual have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on April 23.

Study finds protein partnership protects chromosomes

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine provides insights into how cells maintain the tiny end caps of chromosomes as they divide, a key process in keeping cells healthy.