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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.'

Lewis Cantley wins Canada Gairdner International Award

Weill Cornell Medical College's Dr. Lewis C. Cantley has won the 2015 Canada Gairdner International Award from the Gairdner Foundation for his groundbreaking discovery of a family of enzymes that are fundamental to understanding cancer.

Gift renames veterinary college's farm animal hospital

The College of Veterinary Medicine announced a gift from George Goldner and Nancy Krieg and will rename its farm animal hospital the Nemo Farm Animal Hospital in memory of the couple's beloved pig.

Cornell University trustees meet in Ithaca March 25-26

The Cornell University Board of Trustees will have its regular spring semester meeting in Ithaca March 26. Some sessions are open to the public.

Cornell staff member lauded for community service

Amy Somchanhmavong, MILR ’02, co-founder of the Dragon Boat Festival, received the 21st annual Anne Tompkins Jones Awards for Community Service from the Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County.