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Physicist Michelle Wang named Biophysical Society Fellow

Wang was chosen for “advancing our understanding of transcription, replication, and chromatin dynamics through the lens of DNA mechanics and topology.”

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Global center promises design solutions for warming world

A Cornell-led project team – with Global Hubs partners in India, the U.K, Ghana and Singapore – has received a two-year $250,000 design grant from the National Science Foundation to bring more comfortable days and nights to homes everywhere.

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Cornell celebrates 15 years at the heart of CNY Humanities Corridor

A highway of connective possibilities across Central New York

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“Humble leader” celebrated

The Thomas P. Golden Courtyard was dedicated to a cherished ILR colleague whose extraordinary leadership advanced employment, equity and societal inclusion for people with disabilities.

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Symposium addresses complexity of free expression, law

Leading First Amendment scholars Jameel Jaffer and Eugene Volokh discussed the scope and boundaries of freedom of expression for the first Milstein Symposium, held Sept. 26 in Myron Taylor Hall’s Landis Auditorium.

Cornell United Way campaign urges campus to go ‘All In’

“All In” is the theme for the Cornell United Way campaign, a yearly campus drive that supports a community-wide fundraising effort by the United Way of Tompkins County for local nonprofits and those in need. The drive began Sept. 27.

eLab welcomes record cohort of student entrepreneurs 

Twenty-eight student teams have been selected to participate in the 10th credit-bearing cohort of eLab, which accepts student founders from any field of study across Cornell and trains them to launch real businesses.

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New presidential advisory puts food at the heart of U.S. health policy

An American Heart Association Presidential Advisory, co-authored by Mario Herrero, professor in global development, calls for building on existing research and implementing cross-sector approaches to Food Is Medicine. 

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Student interns help plan future of 4-H camp

Through the Cornell Cooperative Extension Summer Internship Program, three urban and regional planning undergrads have created a land-use plan to help a 4-H camp develop an 85-acre tract near Canandaigua.

Designed for rural living

Small communities struggle with infrastructure ill-suited to rural life. Phoebe Sengers is improving design processes for better outcomes.

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Gene discovery takes aim at hemp nemesis: powdery mildew

Researchers have discovered a gene in hemp that helps the plant resist powdery mildew, giving the fledgling hemp industry a new tool to combat the prevalent disease.

NIH supports Tumbar lab skin stem cell studies

The work aims to understand how stem cells function to fuel normal tissue maintenance and to repair injuries in actively regenerative tissues, such as skin.

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