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All Things Equal marks its 1,000th episode

To mark the 1,000th episode and the expansion of the program focus, WHCU and Cornell are rebranding the program as All Things Local, reflecting its evolution over 19 years and allowing for continued exploration of community-centered stories.

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T cells secrete DNA to help immune system fight cancer

Activated immune cells secrete tiny capsules bearing DNA that can enter other immune and tumor cells to stimulate the body’s defense systems, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Mayfest, Cornell’s international chamber music festival, returns May 15-19

After a two-year break, music faculty are bringing back Mayfest, featuring a new commission by Cornellian Joseph Phibbs, a tribute to his teacher, Steven Stucky. 

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Falco to Congress: Benign scientific data can be exploited by China

Assistant professor Greg Falco testified before the congressional U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission about how low-level data can be leveraged for tactical advantage.

Extended reality tool lets dancers analyze movement

A Cornell doctoral student has helped develop a tool, DanXeReflect, that lets dancers use video and extended reality headsets to create an immersive environment for analyzing and refining their movements.

Cornell men’s tennis looks to cause a racket at NCAAs

The Big Red won the Ivy League title for the third time in its history and travel to Texas May 1 for its fourth straight NCAA appearance.

Two doctoral students selected as Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellows

City and regional planning doctoral students Manoel Pereira Neto and Gauri Nagpal were selected as two of 50 Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Dissertation Innovation Fellows.

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Ten inducted into Bouchet Honor Society

Ten doctoral candidates were inducted into the Cornell Chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and service in doctoral education.

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Building and Unbuilding the City Museum: From Le Corbusier to Ahmedabad

Architecture Associate Professor Lily Chi in collaboration with architect and educator Sarosh Anklesaria (M.Arch. II ’08) coedited this collection of essays examining the cultural center’s ambitious beginning, present precarity, and possible futures.

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Nerves in skin can slow melanoma growth

Researchers found that nerves of the sympathetic nervous system are often abundant in melanomas, and can inhibit tumor growth by reducing local tumor-supportive macrophages.

Discovery of immune tolerance switch could yield better IBD treatments

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators made an unexpected finding that could open new avenues for therapies against inflammatory bowel disease, food allergy and other autoimmune conditions.

Ph.D. student finds new flower in Finger Lakes forests

Actaea rhodostigma – or the pink baneberry – the first new flowering plant species identified in New York in nearly a decade.