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Donors leverage scholarship challenge to support undergraduates

Several donors have made gifts as part of a matching gift challenge, establishing scholarships that will make a significant difference.

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Refugees in U.S. struggle to find long-term work

Refugees are less likely to be employed the longer they live in the United States, despite unique and early access to employment services, according to new research co-authored by Shannon Gleeson of the ILR School.

Naminata Diabate wins ASA book prize for ‘Naked Agency’

Diabate hopes her book will reframe the terms of the conversation on defiant disrobing by inviting readers to take seriously the circulation of women’s grievances and hopes and the (mis)use of their bodies’ images in our hyper-visual world.

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Worker Institute outlines climate jobs plan for Rhode Island

A new Worker Institute report details how Rhode Island can create a clean-energy, worker centered economy.

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Julie Suarez Named CCE Friend of Extension

As the associate dean for land grant affairs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Julie Suarez is recognized across the state as an advocate for New York agriculture and a trusted partner in furthering the outreach conducted by Cornell CALS and Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE). On Monday, Jan. 31, that recognition hit a formal note as Suarez was named CCE’s 2021 Friend of Extension.

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Historic gift funds the deanship and research at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

A $15 million gift from Joanne Knight establishes the Charles Field Knight Deanship in honor of her late husband, Chuck Knight ’57, BME ’58, MBA ’59.

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Freedom seekers speak on Underground Railroad website

The stories of fictional freedom seekers ring out on the new “Voices on the Underground Railroad” website, a collaborative effort between Cornell students and community members.

Key growth factor protects gut from IBD

A growth factor protein produced by rare immune cells in the intestine can protect against the effects of inflammatory bowel disease, according to a new discovery from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Cornell software enables 3D printing on space station

The challenges of 3D printing in space may be overcome thanks to modeling software that was created at Cornell and successfully tested aboard the international space station on Jan. 1.

Hummingbirds exert fine control over body heat

Scientists have found that hummingbirds have more than one level of torpor, the energy-saving state they enter at night.

Bioreactors harness bacteria to treat farm runoff

Fertilizer runoff is a significant source of water pollution. Matthew Reid looks to woodchip bioreactors modeled on nature to solve the problem.

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Nuclear Freeze documents digitized

Cornell University Library launches online collection of anti-nuke pioneer.

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