Veterinary epidemiologist Yrjo Grohn has a new grant to study the bug that is the leading cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitals, using what he's learned from studying pathogens in farm animals.
N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Dec. 8 that he will award $49.4 million to implement the plan proposed by the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council to stimulate local economic growth. (Dec. 8, 2011)
A number of "CornellX" courses will soon be available for anyone and everyone to take online, now that Cornell has joined edX, a nonprofit online learning enterprise.
The U.S.-India Educational Foundation has awarded $250,000 to allow Cornell's International Programs to partner with agricultural universities in India.
Cornell President David Skorton and his wife, Robin Davisson, will share from and discuss books that have had an impact on their lives at the Tompkins County Public Library, Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.m. (Feb. 28, 2008)
Cornell ushers in a new era of disease diagnosis and prevention Oct. 1 with the opening of the state-of-the-art New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to monitor human and animal disease. (Sept. 29, 2010)
Cornell researchers have developed a quick, inexpensive way to detect rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea that kills a half million people a year, mostly infants and young children. (May 9, 2011)
The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, which administers the Fulbright program at Cornell, reports that a record 27 Cornellians have received awards in 2013-14.
Plant pathologist George Hudler and extension plant pathologist Dawn Dailey O'Brien have won an award for producing 'Branching Out' - an integrated pest management newsletter - since 1994. (Sept. 27, 2010)