The steroid dexamethasone could potentially deter the growth of a prostate cancer subtype previously thought to be difficult to treat with medications.
Cornell’s ninth president was an influential scholar, a dazzling orator and an inspiring leader who transformed the university during his 18 years at the helm and beyond. Ezra Cornell ’70 remembers his humanity.
More than 550 Cornell alumni and students have come together in 33 cities in North America for Cornell Cares Day events over winter break to volunteer in hometown communities.
Weill Cornell Medical College's Dr. Lewis C. Cantley has won the 2015 Canada Gairdner International Award from the Gairdner Foundation for his groundbreaking discovery of a family of enzymes that are fundamental to understanding cancer.
Up to 30 percent of HIV patients who are appropriately treated with antiretroviral therapies develop emphysema. New research from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has uncovered a mechanism that might explain why this lung damage occurs.
To determine the best management practices to reduce the impact of phosphorus in the Cannonsville watershed, two Cornell professors have received a $1 million grant from the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Cornell plant breeder Michael Mazourek, chef Dan Barber and seed producer Matthew Goldfarb have launched a new vegetable seed catalog that provides a vegetable bounty that any foodie will crave.
The Bench to Bedside Initiative program, part of Weill Cornell Medicine's entrepreneurship lab, helps medical and doctoral students, clinicians and researchers launch technologies into startups.
Jerome Ziegler, former dean of the College of Human Ecology and a leading expert on urban education, higher education and intergovernmental relations, died May 3 at age 88.