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Coronavirus K-12 closures impact safety, stability for vulnerable NYC students

March 12, 2020

K-12 schools across the country are closing or moving to online education to help control the spread of the coronavirus. Jamila Michener, assistant professor of government says during times of public health crisis the consequences of inequalities surface and it’s going to be a huge challenge to support K-12 students facing school closures at home and also in their communities. 

New York City
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Social & Behavioral Sciences

Journaling project, now global, welcomes COVID-19 stories

As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded, students in Janis Whitlock’s graduate seminar on translational research found themselves in a unique position – being able to participate in a widespread journaling project to record their hopes, fears and routines, chronicling COVID-19’s effects on their daily lives and relationships.

Coronavirus
Arts & Humanities

Biden’s PPP reform crucial for ‘equity of US recovery’

February 22, 2021

This week, the Biden administration will revise the Paycheck Protection Program, the main U.S. coronavirus relief program for small businesses, to focus its reach to smaller, minority firms. Tom Schryver, visiting lecturer at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business and the David J. BenDaniel Faculty Advisor for the BR Ventures Fund, says small firms have lacked the resources available to large companies. As such, providing them with targeted loans is crucial for their survival.

Economics and Business

Cornell announces booster requirement for spring semester

Cornell will require all students, faculty and staff to have a COVID-19 vaccine and booster as part of comprehensive vaccination. The booster requirement must be met by Jan. 31, or 30 days after becoming eligible.

Coronavirus
News & Events

Cornell launches COVID-19 testing dashboard, alert system

A coordinated COVID-19 testing program is a vital component of Cornell’s efforts to prevent the spread of the virus as Cornell reactivates its Ithaca campus. The university is now making testing results available on a new dashboard.

Coronavirus
News & Events
Staff News

Engineers propose greener recycling for medical PPE waste

Forget incineration or landfills. To resolve the increasing, never-ending waste stream of medical PPE as a result of the pandemic, Cornell engineers suggest recycling via pyrolysis.

Coronavirus
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Physical Sciences & Engineering
NYS Impact

States That Prioritized Access to Water at Height of Pandemic Saved Lives

Water shutoffs for non-payment are a constant threat for millions of Americans in any given year. That risk was a deadly one during the pandemic, with access to clean water for handwashing and sanitation a proven way to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The dozens of states that implemented moratoria on water shutoffs to protect vulnerable citizens reported better public health outcomes, according to a new Cornell study.

Architecture & Design
Coronavirus
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
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Cornell center helps confirm COVID-19 in Bronx Zoo tiger

A 4-year-old tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for COVID-19 on April 5, the diagnosis confirmed thanks in part to an assist from Cornell’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center.

Coronavirus
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
New York City

Shifting meetings, conventions online curbs climate change

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown humanity a new way to reduce climate change: Nix in-person conventions. Putting meetings online can reduce carbon footprints by 94%, says a Cornell study.

Coronavirus
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Global Reach
Physical Sciences & Engineering

About 480 attend Cornell webinar to reopen tasting rooms

The tasting rooms of New York state’s craft beverage industry are beginning to open up, as Cornell held a webinar on how to do that safely in the era of COVID-19.

Coronavirus
Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
NYS Impact