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Stiffer breast tissue in obese women promotes tumors

A Cornell study explains how obesity changes the consistency of breast tissue in ways that are similar to tumors, thereby promoting disease.

Language analysis predicts a coming betrayal

Messages in the online game Diplomacy reveal linguistic patterns that predict back-stabbing, according to a team of researchers at Cornell, the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado.

Prefreshman Summer Program preps students

The Prefreshman Summer Program helps first-generation students, students of color and students from low-income backgrounds make a successful transition from high school to Cornell.

M.H. Abrams memorial set for Sept. 12

Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett and Department of English faculty and staff will honor the late M. H. Abrams as a towering figure in literary and cultural studies at a memorial celebration Sept. 12 in Statler Auditorium.

Orientation offers new students wide range of activities

Starting with Move-in Day Aug. 21, Orientation will include a president's reception, Convocation, Big Red Blowout and a variety of concerts, performances, lectures and sales.

Public health fellows provide 'near-peer' perspectives

Three recent Cornell graduates have returned to the Ithaca campus to help promote student health and well-being as part of the Public Health Fellows program at Gannett Health Services.

Influential theater professor Stephen Cole dies at 82

Stephen Cole, who helped establish one of the nation’s first master’s programs in acting at Cornell in the 1960s and whose students included Jimmy Smits and Christopher Reeve, has died.

Cornell welcomes its most diverse freshman class

Of the 3,219 students in the Class of 2019, a record number are students of color – 1,488, or 46.2 percent; and a record number of freshmen self-identify as underrepresented minority students – 756, or 23.5 percent.

Study: Berkeley soda tax falls flat

A Cornell-University of Iowa analysis of a soda tax passed last fall by voters in Berkeley, California, found the measure so far has fizzled.

Force is strong in student-designed 'Star Wars' ride

A virtual reality theme park ride and video game created by Cornell students places gamers on the "Star Wars" planet of Tatooine. The ride was the yearlong project of the Intel-Cornell Cup team.

Hardware demo day includes visit from Rep. Tom Reed

Brew beer better. Clean hotel rooms better. Monitor the health of your horse better. These were a few of the pitches at the Southern Tier Hardware Accelerator’s first Demo Day, Aug. 13.

Sept. 10 summit takes on severe-weather planning

A summit meeting to identify resources and opportunities to improve agricultural resiliency to severe weather across New York state will explore current initiatives and link researchers and extension members.