Researchers sent a menstrual cup to space to test if it was safe for menstruating astronauts to use, which could be especially useful on longer missions to Mars or the moon.
A Cornell study that revealed commercial eastern common bumblebee hives pose a threat to their wild counterparts has led one major pollination company to quickly adapt the bumblebee hive boxes they ship to growers.
The summer 2023 Colman Inclusive Leadership Program helped 28 doctoral students enhance their leadership skills through readings, group activities, case studies and discussion about practical skills and leadership theories.
Professor Sean Nicholson, director of the Cornell Sloan Program in Health Administration, explores the future of biopharma with industry experts in the Keynote webcast “Bringing New Science to Market.”
Patricia Campos-Medinais an expert on workplace and labor issues and the executive director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She says contract talks with UPS could have spillover effects with other workers in the logistics sector.
Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named provost of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Astronomy professor Rachel Bean has been named interim A&S dean, effective July 13.
The Lab of Ornithology’s visitor center will close for 10 months beginning Aug. 1 for a multimillion-dollar redesign that will add new hands-on exhibits and visitor offerings.
Greeshma Gadikota, associate professor of engineering, has gathered a team to help capture carbon dioxide in the concrete-making process as they aim to create low-carbon construction materials from it.
