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Cornell buyers save time with e-SHOP shopping carts

Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett has asked all faculty and staff to assess how they can weed out unnecessary regulation, duplicative structures and burdensome paperwork.

Apply for grants to internationalize Cornell courses

Proposals for 2016 Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum Grants from the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs due Feb. 8, 2016.

Improved procedure clarifies handling of grad student injuries

A procedure established in 2014 makes it easier for graduate and professional students to get the assistance they need when injured on university property or while engaged in a university-sponsored activity.

Lung test finds 'healthy' smokers at risk for COPD

A Weill Cornell Medicine investigators suggests a lung function test frequently to evaluate whether a smoker is at risk for developing pulmonary disease is likely mislabeling smokers as healthy.

Cornell, EDF partner on environmental projects

Cornell University's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and Environmental Defense Fund announced four new research projects addressing pressing health and environmental issues Nov. 9. The projects mark the official launch of a new partnership between the two institutions.

Cornell teams join NSF campaign for cybersecurity

Six Cornell researchers will receive grants totaling more than $3 million as part of the National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program.

VP Mary Opperman elected fellow of HR national academy

Mary Opperman, VP and chief human resource officer at Cornell, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, the highest honor an individual in the human resources profession can receive.

Things to Do, Nov. 6-13, 2015

Events on campus this week include a reading by Chinese-American writer Marilyn Chin, a debate with cake for the ILR School's 70th anniversary, IvyQ, and an talk on earthquake forecasting.

Lecture launches Shoah Foundation archives at Cornell

Philip Gourevitch ’86, staff writer for The New Yorker, spoke about the Rwandan genocide on campus Nov. 3 as the USC Shoah Foundation's genocide archive comes to Cornell.

Obesity leads to 'silent' vitamin A deficiency in organs

Obesity impairs the body’s ability to use vitamin A appropriately and leads to deficiencies of the vitamin in major organs, according to new research conducted at Weill Cornell Medicine.

'PhDivas' discourse across disciplines and differences

In their 'PhDivas' podcast, scholars Liz Wayne and Christine Yao find common ground across the STEM-humanities divide with wit and insight on contemporary culture, social issues and life in academia.

New drug combo suggests promising lymphoma treatment

Weill Cornell Medicine finds a combination therapy lacking many debilitating effects manages mantle cell lymphoma, shrinking the malignancy and inducing remissions in most patients.