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New tech promises fast, accurate stroke diagnosis

Scientists at Cornell’s Baker Institute for Animal Health have developed a device that helps diagnose stroke in less than 10 minutes using a drop of blood barely big enough to moisten your fingertip.

Dog owners urged to vaccinate pets against new flu

A virologist at the College of Veterinary Medicine urges dog owners to take advantage of a new vaccine to protect against H3N2.

Protein networks help identify new chemo drug candidates

An experimental chemotherapy kills leukemia cells that are abundant in proteins critical to cancer growth, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine.

Teachers' collective bargaining hurts student income

A new Cornell study finds that students' exposure to a duty-to-bargain law while in elementary and secondary school lowers their future earnings and leads to fewer hours worked.

For prairie voles, later socialization can beat childhood neglect

No matter how neglected the child, there’s still hope – at least for prairie voles. That’s the message of a new study from a Cornell psychologist that could have implications for human well-being.

Exposing new audiences to a real Greek tragedy

Griffin Smith-Nichols ’19 spent three nights last week cowering on a set of lounge chairs in the Schwartz Center’s Black Box Theatre. He played the slightly mad, mostly murderous and often humorous Orestes.

To beat hunger, shift from food quantity to diet quality

The biggest food challenge today is not hunger but nutritional deficiency. That’s the conclusion of Cornell food security experts who spoke at the National Press Club Nov. 23.

The secret of Oobleck revealed at last

Some liquids thicken when you apply a force. An experiment by Cornell physicists explains why, and how the effect can be controlled.

Osteoarthritis finding sheds light on HA injection controversy

Cornell researchers investigating why HA treatments have produced mixed results discovered that a molecule, lubricin, helps anchor HA at the tissue surface, which helps to move cartilage into a low-friction regime.

Laura Spitz named vice provost for international affairs

Laura Spitz has been appointed vice provost for international affairs effective Dec. 1, Provost Michael Kotlikoff has announced. She has been serving as interim vice provost since July of this year.

Morgan on Harper Lee: 'a telling lesson in novel writing'

Robert Morgan opened In A Word, a new series of talks by creative writing faculty, Nov. 19 with "History and Fiction: The Growth of an Artist – Harper Lee's 'Go Set A Watchman'."

Mission scientists to share Pluto discoveries Dec. 2

"Our New View of Pluto," a presentation by two scientists on the New Horizons mission, is set for Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.