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Vanderbilt's Jonathan Metzl to deliver Krieger Lecture

“Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Shaped the American Pandemic” is the topic for the lecture.

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Toxin-producing yeast strains in gut fuel IBD

Individual Candida albicans yeast strains in the human gut are as different from each other as the humans that carry them, and some C. albicans strains may damage the gut of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, according to a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Zoo and Wildlife Society hosts first Wildlife Conservation Day

This one-day symposium was devoted to education and training for students with an interest in non-domestic species.

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The Second City Comes to Cornell

To help students develop networking and interviewing skills, Cornell Career Services and Cornell University Program Board will host Second City Works improvisors for a series of programs and exercises on March 25 and 26. 

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“Startup Cornell” podcast features founders of StaffOnTap

StaffOnTap is a digital marketplace that fills long-term care provider’s scheduling needs by connecting them to temp nurses in the area.

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CCSS announces spring grants for faculty

The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has announced its spring grants for faculty. The full list of awardees can be found here.

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Panel: Drone warfare is increasingly sophisticated, deadly

Policymakers, legislators and military strategists must prepare for the consequences of other countries and actors such as the Islamic State using drones, according to panelists in a Cornell discussion March 14.

Enzyme could be new target for cancer immunotherapies

Tumors can use an enzyme called ART1 to thwart antitumor immune cells, making the enzyme a promising new target for immunity-boosting cancer treatments, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Panelists explore ‘Science of the Very, Very Small’

The March 9 event included both online and in-person activities, centered around 11 TED-style talks given by faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Ag genetics startup Meiogenix joins McGovern Center

Meiogenix, a next-generation technology startup that helps agricultural crops find their own genetic solutions, via chromosome editing, has joined Cornell’s McGovern Center incubator.

Study: Language may not shape social outcomes

A new linguistic study, authored by Thomas Pepinsky, argues that there is no evidence that linguistic differences affect social and economic outcomes.

Teams take a crack at world food issues at digital ag hackathon

Students from 28 fields across six different schools gathered at the fourth annual Digital Agriculture Hackathon, March 11-13, to find solutions to global food system issues while competing for cash prizes.