Summer course trains experts in WHO policies

Experts are at Cornell July 7-18 for training in World Health Organization procedures to inform WHO’s recommendations for nutrition and public health policy.

Healthy people carry disease-causing mitochondrial DNA mutations

For the first time, researchers have discovered that disease-causing mutations in mitochondrial DNA are common in healthy individuals.

Cornell obtains $3M grant to study tobacco warnings

To determine effective tobacco warning labels, five Cornell faculty members will receive a five-year, $3 million federal grant to examine how anti-smoking messages can affect youth, and low-income and low-education groups.

Study shows how peer pressure affects consumption

Peer pressure shapes our attitudes toward certain foods and food ingredients, a Cornell study finds.

Snappy 'Popples' cracks first place at national food expo

Popples, an apple-flavored treat created by Cornell food science students, earned first place in the national Institute of Food Technologists product development competition held in New Orleans June 27.

Immune cells found to prevent bone marrow transplant rejection

Cornell researchers have identified a type of immune system cell that prevents a patient’s body from attacking donor cells after a bone marrow transplant.

BEST program gives Ph.D.s insights into nonacademic jobs

The Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) program, which offers career resources about non-academic jobs, is now available to all Cornell Ph.D. students and postdocs.

C.C. Chu honored for bioengineering research

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering named fiber scientist C.C. Chu to its College of Fellows, an honor reserved for the world’s top 2 percent of medical and biological engineers.

N.Y. Sen. Nozzolio secures $3.4M to bolster food research

To spur local job creation, New York state Sen. Michael Nozzolio has secured $3.4 million in state funding to help food entrepreneurs at the agricultural experiment station in Geneva, New York.