Veterinarian Alfonso Torres is co-leading the charge to increase the number of veterinarians around the world who are familiar with animal diseases that could threaten the health of livestock and poultry globally.
Hirokazu Miyazaki, professor of anthropology and director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, spoke to the Chronicle about an upcoming conference and its theme of collaboration.
For its work bringing thousands of people in Honduras safe, clean drinking water, Cornell's AguaClara research team has been honored with a 2012 Katerva Award.
In a Sept. 10 campus talk, Peter Katzenstein, Cornell's Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies, contended that the U.S. and Russia are in a Cold Peace rather than a Cold War.
At an expert briefing in Brussels on May 19, Cornell experts spoke about the need to plan for nuclear power plant accidents and how to compensate radiation victims.
New climate model projections show that conditions are likely to increase the frequency and severity of coral disease outbreaks, reports a team of researchers led by Cornell scientists.
Cornell researchers have found no evidence to suggest that the risks of a mother potentially transmitting the virus to her child via breastfeeding outweigh the benefits of breastfeeding, though they caution that more study is necessary.
Celebrating its first year of research projects in India, the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative briefed faculty and students on drinking-water system projects, research on iron nutrition for women, and a food fortification study.
A new program modeled on the Rhodes Scholarship will include three Cornellians among its 111-member inaugural class: Juliana Batista ’16, Atticus DeProspo ’15 and Andrew Schoen ’12. They were chosen among 3,000 applicants.