Halomine, a Cornell-based startup developing cutting-edge technologies for the sanitation of food processing equipment, has been awarded $600,000 from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Professor Emerita of English Alison Lurie, the award-winning and critically acclaimed writer who set some of her fiction on a campus with a striking similarity to Cornell’s, died Dec. 3 in Ithaca. She was 94.
A new male fertility test based on Cornell research could help predict which men might need treatment and which couples might have success with different forms of assisted reproduction.
Paul Lushenko and Sarah Kreps are experts in military drone policy. In a newly published article, they have reviewed the arguments about the impact drones have on combat. They find a middle ground between those who say drones represent an evolutionary step in warfare hardware and those who contend drones will revolutionize conflict.
With the transition to the Canvas Learning Management System complete, faculty and the Canvas team are to exploring advanced features and tools to further enhance student learning.
The program seeks to nurture the careers of Cornell’s most promising faculty members in the social sciences by providing time and space for high-impact social scientific scholarship.
Virtual events at Cornell include a Russian conversation series; trainings on racism and allyship; a Congressional Black Caucus panel; a COVID-19 bereavement support group and live Alliance for Science talks.
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the Cornell community continues to pursue its mission and to thrive, President Martha E. Pollack said Oct. 20 in her fourth annual address to staff.