Michael L. Thonney, professor in the Department of Animal Science and director of graduate studies in the field of Animal Science, died April 23 in Ithaca. He was 71.
Now in its 19th year, the ASPCA Cornell Maddie’s ® Shelter Medicine Conference drew more than 300 veterinarians, technicians, clinic staff and students from across the country.
Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo has been a tireless advocate for New York’s agriculture and farm communities and a familiar face at Cornell Cooperative Extension events and programs across the state. On June 13, she received the Friend of Extension award for her efforts to advance the work of CCE.
Three Cornell scientists were honored during a June 1 ceremony promoting women’s engagement in innovation and commercialization – part of Cornell’s efforts to elevate women inventors, who were awarded just 12.8% of all U.S. patents in 2019.
The 10th recipient of the Hometown Alumni Award, Caroline Williams '01 has spent the last 15 years working to improve living conditions in Utica, New York, and her nearby hometown of Remsen.
A new Mann Library exhibit, “Cultivating Silence: Nikolai Vavilov and the Suppression of Science in the Modern Era,” pays tribute to pioneering plant scientist Nikolai Vavilov and serves as a reminder of the threat of political censorship and persecution.
Cornell researchers will use a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate whether chemical inhibitors of epigenetic regulation – including many FDA-approved drugs – could be re-purposed to treat HIV-1 infections that are persistent in tissues and represent the biggest challenge for a cure.
Four climate-controlled respiration chambers will be built in the Large Animal Research and Teaching Unit to study gas exchange of dairy cattle and other livestock with the goal of reducing emissions.
“Understanding the impact of Languages Across the Curriculum on all participants will allow us to build on its success and offer multilingual students more opportunities to engage with their disciplinary content in languages other than English."
In a significant move to fight COVID-19 and other contagious pathogens in health care settings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted Sterifre Medical, Inc. registration to begin commercial deployment of the company’s novel, automated device disinfectant system.