Dr. Jennifer Downs of Weill Cornell Medicine is collaborating with Tanzanian researchers to treat schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm infection affecting 250 million people worldwide.
At the inaugural Women in Community-Engaged Leadership Symposium on June 20 in New York City, Cornell alumni and students gathered to learn about and from women leaders in public service.
From root rot and powdery mildew to white flies and Lewis mites, the threats to poinsettias abound - NYS growers persevere with the support and expertise of Cornell faculty and staff.
A group of nine Cornell students and nine high school students with disabilities or communication challenges in the BOCES Career Program met for 12 weeks as part of the “A BIRDSONG” Program.
For her breadth of scholarship on racism and bias, Jamila Michener has been named the inaugural director of the university’s new center aimed at developing just and equitable public policy.
Haiar Isliamov's humanitarian work has funneled more than $1 million to Ukraine in the form of bulletproof vests for journalists, and food, supplies and relocation services for displaced families.
Unibaio, which offers naturally derived particles that trap the active ingredients of pesticides and fertilizers, enabling them to penetrate plants more efficiently, won the $1 million top prize in the annual Grow-NY Food and Agriculture business competition.
The project - which has expanded to four SUNY schools and to younger kids nationally - has disbursed more than $500,000 to over 1,300 participants, bolstering young people's sense of agency, community and purpose.
Since 1986, STEP has been addressing the underrepresentation of marginalized students in science, technology, engineering and math through programs at more than 50 universities across New York.