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Audio of Konvitz' American Ideals lectures now online

Audio from 44 "American Ideals" lectures by legendary Cornell Professo Milton Konvitz, which many Cornellians say shaped their lives, is now available online through DigitalCommons@ILR.

Cooperative Extension enlists help of Army interns

Two active duty Army specialists took internships with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson Country, New York, to prepare them to re-enter the civilian workplace.

Eating green could be in your genes

Cornell researchers describe a genetic variation that has evolved in populations that have historically eaten vegetarian diets, such as in India, Africa and parts of East Asia.

Pre-Seed Workshop helps turn scientists into entrepreneurs

The Pre-Seed Workshop, sponsored by the Cornell Center for Life Science Enterprise, offers scientists guidance on how to move their technologies and inventions from the lab to the marketplace.

Playwright Vogel returns to campus for Ph.D.

Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Paula Vogel returns to campus April 12-13 for a conversation and concert reading of her most recent play, “Indecent,” and to receive her doctorate.

$4.8 million USAID grant to improve food security

The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded Cornell a $4.8 million, three-year grant to fight hunger and improve food security using agricultural science and technology.

Sharma named emergency medicine chief at Weill

Dr. Rahul Sharma has been named emergency physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Performance rankings affect worker effort: researchers

Victoria Prowse, ILR School assistant professor, and colleagues find workers at the far ends of the performance scale curve try harder and workers in the middle put in less effort.

GI tract bacteria help decrease stroke severity

Certain types of bacteria in the gut can leverage the immune system to decrease the severity of stroke, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine.

Grants address critical needs of New York communities

Engaged Cornell Cooperative Extension Student Projects grants will support a student project that will collect the stories of New York state farmers with Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Chief Investment Officer A.J. Edwards to step down

A.J. Edwards, Cornell’s chief investment officer since 2012, has announced he will leave the university March 31.

Economy drives the 2016 presidential election, alum says

Seth Harris ’83, a former acting secretary of labor under President Barack Obama and Distinguished Scholar at Cornell's ILR School, said the American economy will determine who voters choose March 22.