If Congress authorized mandatory paid sick leave, flu rates would decline by at least 5 percent, according to a study by Cornell economist Nicolas Ziebarth.
Lois S. Gray, the ILR School's Jean McKelvey-Alice Grant Professor Emerita of Labor Management Relations, donated $1 million to establish the Harry Katz Fund for Innovation in ILR's Worker Institute.
Funding from the Gates Foundation will allow the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative to scale up its work promoting a more nutrition-sensitive food system aimed at bolstering the diet of the rural poor.
To study the effects of global warming, scientists will begin collaborating this summer on the New York Climate-Change Science Clearinghouse, a comprehensive, web-based reference, map and database.
The Pre-Seed Workshop, sponsored by the Cornell Center for Life Science Enterprise, offers scientists guidance on how to move their technologies and inventions from the lab to the marketplace.
More than 500 people attended Entrepreneurship at Cornell's Summit 2016 Nov. 4 in New York City where they heard about ways to improve company culture and strategies for recovering from a setback.
For more than 20 years, Cornell has facilitated collaborative solutions to protect and preserve the Hudson River Estuary and its watershed, and on May 23, the university was recognized for its efforts.
Cornell Tech's Open Studio, held for the final time at the Google building campus, gives budding entrepreneurs a chance to pitch their ideas to several hundred people, including business leaders.
For 35 years, the Northeast Regional Climate Center, housed in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been helping farmers and policymakers adapt to the weather.
A recent study by two Cornell associate professors finds that the greatest decreases in pollution levels over the last three decades have been enjoyed by high-income areas.