The College of Human Ecology's new global and public health sciences major prepares students to understand health challenges and design strategies to alleviate or prevent them.
For three days in Ithaca in August, 10 cheese judges gathered at Cornell’s Stocking Hall to discern, savor and taste 230 cheeses to determine – for 2015 – New York’s best.
Weill Cornell Medical College's Class of 2021 as received their short white coats during the institution's annual White Coat Ceremony Aug. 15. officially marking the beginning of their medical education.
By attaching a cancer-killer protein to white blood cells, Cornell biomedical engineers have demonstrated the annihilation of metastasizing cancer cells traveling throughout the bloodstream.
A person’s genes can shape the types of microbes that reside in the human gut independent of the environment a person lives in, according to a Cornell-led study.
A scientific finding that demonstrates specific genes influencing the effect of dietary nutrition on immunity provides insights that may one day inform personalized medicine.
The Hiperbaric 55 high-pressure food processor at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station has become the nation's first commercial-scale validation facility.
Cornell researchers have helped develop a recellularized human colon model that could be used to track the pathogenesis of colon cancer and possibly gain insight into its spread to other organs.
Scientists at Cornell’s Baker Institute for Animal Health have developed a device that helps diagnose stroke in less than 10 minutes using a drop of blood barely big enough to moisten your fingertip.
Campus and local health officials said Oct. 21 that there is little risk locally for an Ebola outbreak, but training, protocols for handling cases and Cornell travel restrictions are part of their readiness efforts.