Dave Burbank/University PhotographyAnkur Singh, left, works in his lab with doctoral student Sungwoong Kim. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer that is diagnosed in the U.S. more than 70,000 times annually, arises from overly proliferating immune cells within the body’s lymph nodes, which are connected to a network of lymph vessels through which…
The Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) is offering funding for the Cornell teaching community to implement new projects that will facilitate challenging, vibrant and reflective learning experiences for undergraduates. All faculty and full-time instructors engaged in teaching at Cornell are invited to submit proposals exploring new and emerging tools and…
Robert Barker/University Photography Nadine Strossen, right, discusses hate speech April 10 during a panel discussion with Sherry Colb and Jeremy Waldron. Two pre-eminent legal scholars agree that hate speech is protected by the First Amendment under certain circumstances. But their opinions diverge on how most effectively to reduce hate speech…
Dena Simmons, assistant director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, will give two lectures related to tackling impostor syndrome, April 23 at Cornell. “Historically defined, people with impostor syndrome do not believe their success is theirs. Somehow by fate or luck they think they’ve succeeded. They don’t attribute their…
Sarah Rubenstein-Gillis, LMSW is a Clinical Social Worker at Cornell University. Her professional career has included work as a faculty member, crisis and support counselor, community organizer, and advocate for HIV/AIDS education. Sarah presented a research project titled, “Reel Milk: Uncovering Breastfeeding in Hollywood” to address how media influences our…
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Cornell Dining will add to its already high-quality ingredient standards by focusing on whole, minimally processed food and transparency in menu items. Dining’s commitment to the Menus of Change University Research Collaborativeinitiative helps inform its mission to provide a rich, diverse, healthful dining experience to students. More than 50 changes…
Weill Cornell Medicine Art and Photography. From right, Drs. Avery August and Monika Safford, co-directors of the Center for Health Equity, celebrate the center’s opening with Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, and Dr. David Satcher, the founding director of and senior adviser…
Although scientists warn that urgent action is needed to stop climate change, public engagement continues to lag. Many social scientists say people are hesitant to act on climate change because, especially in Western industrialized countries like the U.S., it feels like such a distant threat. New research from a Cornell…
Provided Outer membrane vesicles produced by engineered E. coli bacteria, as revealed by transmission electron microscopy analysis. Scale bar represents 200 nanometers. For 30 years, conjugate vaccines have proven effective in reducing the incidence of disease caused by bacterial pathogens, including Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), a form of bacterial…