The Cornell China Center has announced eight China Innovation Awards to interdisciplinary teams of Cornell faculty, aimed at jump-starting collaborative research and developing research teams.
Global capitalism can rob many of a basic human right: the ability to work in a safe environment for fair wages, Solidarity Center executive director Shawna Bader-Blau said in the ILR Union Days keynote address.
Rockland County, New York officials declared a state of emergency today and banned anyone who is under 18 years of age and unvaccinated against the measles from public spaces for 30 days or until they receive the MMR vaccination. Cynthia Leifer, professor of immunology at Cornell University, says the general public is at risk when parents choose not to vaccinate their children and compares the situation to the recklessness of drunk drivers.
Law School professor Sheri Lynn Johnson argued at the Supreme Court on behalf of a man from Mississippi who spent 22 years in prison, much of it on death row, for four murders he says he did not commit.
A free, open-source mobile app now lets everyone from plant researchers to gardeners and farmers know exactly how much damage insect pests cause when they chomp on leaves.
The new season of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series from the College of Arts and Sciences is titled “What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?” and explores the relationship between humans and water.
Two deans and three faculty members from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business offered a multilayered discussion on business and technology in the age of rising inequality March 18 in Warren Hall.
Rick Geddes, founding director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy and expert on infrastructure, says congestion pricing has proven successful in other cities around the world and could be beneficial to New York City on many levels.
A team led by Cornell astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger has published a catalog of 1,822 stars that the new Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite will be able to scan for possible Earth-like planets in their orbits.
To ensure the safety of fresh fruits and vegetables for consumers, Cornell’s Produce Safety Alliance helps to explain complex federal food safety rules and assess agricultural water use.
