Provided. From left, Sharon Motomura, Chiedozie Egesi and Joana Norton, pose in front of an international hybridization plot at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, which was planted with high-yielding cassava from Africa that is resistant to viruses and elite material from South America with high dry matter and high beta carotenes.…
In follow-up to their seminal Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission report on planetary health, Dr. Steven Osofsky and Dr. Montira Pongsiri, faculty affiliated with Cornell’s Master of Public Health Program, now describe how to pull Planetary Health into practice. “The use of Health Impact Assessments (HIA) can be the bridge to the planetary…
Dr. Nia Nunn is a dynamic character within the Ithaca community, not only is she a professor of education at Ithaca College and a mother of three but she also serves as the president of the Southside Community Center, while simultaneously holding the position of director at the Community Unity…
By the year 2060, the number of Americans over age 65 is expected to double, to 24 percent of the population, intensifying concerns about end-of-life care. In a Feb. 23 talk, sociologists Holly Prigerson and Libby Luth will speak on “Psychosocial Influences on End-of-Life Care: Leveraging and Application of Social…
Brand Communications For the past 50 years, researchers have known that girls who get their periods earlier than their peers are more psychologically vulnerable as teenagers. They have more frequent and severe mental health problems, from depression to anxiety, eating disorders, delinquency, substance abuse and failing or dropping out of…
Provided. Siavash Taravati, an urban IPM advisor at the University of California, demonstrates a bed bug inspection to housing staff at a StopPests training. When an apartment in a public housing building on Long Island became infested with bedbugs in 2015, managers called StopPests in Housing for help. The program, part…
Using campuswide postering and social media, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator Team is launching a new campaign, #DiversityIncludesDisability, to build awareness of disability issues and support for an inclusive and accessible environment for individuals with disability. Each month, a student, staff or faculty member will be highlighted –…
Despite the bad rap snakes often get, they are more central to ecology than most people realize. New research reveals that snakes might even play a key role in dispersing plant seeds. It’s long been known that some plants disperse their seeds by “hitchhiking” on animals, with the seeds clinging…
Provided. Children of Cornell graduate students attend a Graduate School welcome event for students with families. The Office of the Provost has approved a $100,000 increase in the annual budget for Cornell’s Student Child Care Grant Program for fiscal year 2019, Dean of Students Vijay Pendakur announced. The change brings the…
