Nine faculty-led teams conducting research with undergraduate students have received Undergraduate Engaged Research Programs grants, administered by Engaged Cornell.
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.
Researchers at the University of Hawaii and Cornell have selected a crew of six for a four-month simulated Mars mission to test food and food preparation strategies.
Physician, researcher and Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar interim dean Javaid I. Sheikh has been appointed dean of the college, effective Jan. 1.
The award cites Webb for 'pioneering the applications of rigorous physical principles to the development of optical tools that have broadly impacted our ability to examine biological systems.'
Making small easy changes to our eating habits at least 25 days a month can lead to sustainable weight loss, according to new Cornell research. (Dec. 20, 2012)
Cornell, along with the rest of the Ivy League, will collaborate with the Big Ten athletic conference on research into the effects of head injuries in sports.
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)
Global travel, climate warming and an invasive mosquito could create the right conditions for outbreaks of a new virus in this country, according to a Cornell computer model. (Dec. 17, 2012)
Teens in violent dating relationships are more than twice as likely to repeat such relationships in adulthood and face a greater risk of substance abuse and depression, suggests a new Cornell study. (Dec. 10, 2012)