The Program Work Team on Poverty and Economic Hardship met to brainstorm ways to eradicate poverty in upstate New York. In the United States, 40 percent of people will be poor at some point during their adult life, they said.
A Cornell study reports new results that raise questions about whether a common dietary metabolite, called TMAO, causes heart disease or whether it is simply a biomarker of developing disease.
Daniel Lichter finds racial segregation in the U.S. takes new forms as segregation from neighborhood to neighborhood decreases but suburban communities are becoming increasingly racially homogenous.
Some populations of frogs are rapidly adapting to a fungal pathogen that has decimated many populations for close to half a century and causes the disease chytridiomycosis, according to a new study.
Instead of venturing to a beach or other vacation destination during spring break, more than 120 Cornell Alternative Breaks students traveled the East coast to volunteer with service agencies.
Students in a Mellon collaborative studies seminar in architecture, urbanism and the humanities spent eight days in Cuba this semester to study the island's changing politics and environment.
Cornell researchers and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) growers discussed indigenous knowledge and traditional agricultural practices at a symposium at Cornell Botanic Gardens.
The 17 members of the second graduating class at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar will complete their residency training at some of the top medical programs in the United States and Qatar. (April 1, 2009)
President David Skorton answered questions about sustainability, diversity and the Freshman Reading Project on WVBR's Sunday Forum radio show Sept. 7. (Sept. 9, 2008)