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Fellowship winners will intern with Silicon Valley startups

Three computer science students will spend this summer as paid interns in small startup companies, helpinmg them with their problems and getting a crash course in entrepreneurship.

Cornell Perspectives: Response and enforcement after a sexual assault

The second in a series of perspectives articles on sexual violence prevention and response, this interview discusses the process of reporting and responding to a report of sexual assault.

Charter Day panelist preview: economist Christopher Barrett

Economist Christopher Barrett will lead the Charter Day panel, "Cornell and Global Poverty Reduction: Philanthropy, Policy and Scholarship," will be held Saturday, April 25.

University renews commitment to local affordable housing

Partnering with Tompkins County and the city of Ithaca, the university has renewed a six-year commitment to community affordable housing programs.

Basil Safi named executive director of Engaged Cornell

Basil Safi, a team leader and program director at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, has been named executive director of Cornell University’s Engaged Cornell initiative.

USAID taps Cornell to advance Ebola protective garments

In the war against ebola, Cornell University and two partners will rethink, reimagine and re-engineer protective suits for health care workers on the front line.

Experiment reveals diet, immunity and gene links in fruit fly

A scientific finding that demonstrates specific genes influencing the effect of dietary nutrition on immunity provides insights that may one day inform personalized medicine.

Emotion, values called valid in cancer-treatment decisions

Decision-making tools for cancer treatment should incorporate patient's 'essential bottom line,' according to Valerie F. Reyna, professor of human development in Cornell’s College of Human Ecology.

Cornell initiative aims to get next-gen seeds to African farmers

A new initiative offers hope for African small farms by helping ensure that new seed varieties with higher yields make it through the supply chain from breeders to farmers.

Students to serve communities on spring break

More than 130 Alternative Breaks participants will heighten social awareness, enhance personal growth and advocate lifelong social action while working for 16 East Coast nonprofit agencies.

Scientists look to the 'indoor biome' as new research frontier

Indoor spaces offer a new research frontier for studies in ecology and evolutionary biology of organisms that live inside built environments, according to a paper authored by a Cornell graduate student.

President responds to 'ludicrous' and 'offensive' allegation

President David Skorton calls the allegation that Cornell would allow ISIS training sessions on our campus 'ludicrous' and 'absolutely offensive.'