Cornellians gathered March 4 for talks on food ethics by Andrew Chignell, visiting associate professor of philosophy, and on small farms by Anu Rangarajan, director of the Cornell Small Farms Program.
Examining changes in parental unions near the time of childbirth, Cornell social science researchers have found that premarital births do not predict breakups so long as couples marry – at some point – after a child is born.
The first-ever 'disease in a Petri dish' platform that models human colon cancer derived from stem cells has been developed by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators, allowing them to identify a targeted drug treatment for a common, inherited form of the disease.
Research on blood flow in the brain, from the lab of Chris Schaffer and Nozomi Nishimura, could help inform better therapies for people with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.
A newly discovered type of genetic mutation in cancer cells may provide clues about the disease's origins and offer new therapeutic targets, according to research from Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center.
A naturally produced chemical exacerbates infection by a common bacteria, rendering the infection significantly harder for the body to clear, according to new Cornell cross-campus research.
Weill Cornell Medicine has entered into an agreement with Tahoe Investment Group to assist in the development of an international hospital in Shanghai, China.
Creating new opportunities for industry partnerships and increasing engagement with the world beyond the lab could help researchers make a broader impact and meet grand challenges, said speakers at the “Deep Tech Eats Social Media for Lunch” panel, held Jan. 28 in the Upson Hall lounge.
A number of Cornell students traveled to NYC for the College of Human Ecology’s Practicing Medicine Program, a three-credit experience offered through the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions.