Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies at Cornell University, says it’s ironic that the same African leaders who decried colonialism, might now find common ground with the People’s Republic of China.
Kimberly Kopko, senior extension associate in Cornell University's College of Human Ecology, is an expert in child development and parenting as well as family processes. She applauds efforts to ban smartphones in schools in an effort to combat the impact of social media.
By repeatedly scanning the brains of a small group of patients for a year and a half, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have identified a distinct pattern of neuronal interactions that appears to predispose some people to developing depression.
The twenty startups competing for a $3 million in prize money in the sixth annual Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Business Competition promise to lead innovation and growth beyond their own companies, to the global food and agriculture industry and the region’s abundant agrifood ecosystem.
Obtaining a heart rate in reptiles can be difficult, but researchers have identified an easy-to-reach spot to obtain a pulse rate, which matches the heart rate in healthy reptiles.
Brooks School Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development Jeff Niederdeppe was recently appointed Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Best-selling writer Cory Doctorow, filmmaker Louis Massiah ’77 and award-winning journalist P. (Palagummi) Sainath have been appointed as the latest Cornell A.D. White Professors-at-Large.
Jennifer Tavares, president and CEO of the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, has been hired as the director of Cornell’s Office of Community Relations, in the Division of University Relations. Tavares will start in her new role on Oct. 16.
