Cornell researchers received a $500,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help in a national initiative to combat drug-resistant organisms, sometimes referred to as "superbugs."
"Bones Around My Neck: The Life and Exile of a Prince Provocateur" by Tamara Loos, associate professor of history, focuses on Prince Prisdang Chumsai of Siam, which reads like a modern soap opera.
New research by Weill Cornell Medicine shows chemotherapy kills the most common type of bladder cancer, urothelial cancer, but it also shapes genetic evolution of remaining urothelial cancer cells.
Two Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members, Dr. Francis Lee and Dr. Jane Salmon, were elected to National Academy of Medicine, it was announced Oct. 17.
By quickly heating and cooling a block copolymer, researchers show the ability to alter the material's properties, which could have applications in data-archiving devices and filters.
Faculty in Cornell's North and West Campus residential communities cite mentorship, interaction with students and teaching Learning Where You Live courses among the benefits of their roles.
Founded three years ago, the Cornell library witchcraft collection now consists of around 1,200 items – mostly posters, but also related movie memorabilia and advertising such as still photographs and flyers.
Organic dairy farmers in the Northeast have taken a beating over the last several years due to extreme weather, but a new grant will support a project that aims at solutions.
To keep Cornell's world-class academic departments at the top of their fields and advance the university's reputation as a premier research institution, Provost Michael Kotlikoff is launching a series of initiatives to enhance faculty hiring.
The symposium, "Biofortification to Alleviate Micronutrient Malnutrition," will be held at the Statler Hotel Amphitheater and G73 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
