Cornell engineers hope that clean water runs deep. They have developed a new technique to test for a wide range of micropollutants in lakes, rivers and other potable water sources that vastly outperforms conventional methods. “Water quality monitoring is conventionally done by narrowly investigating one or a few contaminants at…
A new malaria vaccine that is currently under development has recently passed major clinical trial milestones. Malaria is a serious and potentially fatal disease transmitted by mosquitoes primarily in subtropical and tropical regions. According to the CDC, in 2015 approximately 214 million cases of malaria occurred around the world and…
For commercial fruit and vegetable growers in New York state, winter is a time of reflection, preparation and guarded optimism. It’s also a time to hone one’s craft through continuing education and consumption of research-based analysis. A buffet of that insight drew more than 800 attendees to the 2017 Empire…
Interim President Hunter Rawlings sent the following message to the Cornell community Jan. 29: President Donald Trump’s recent executive order imposing a 90-day ban on immigrant and nonimmigrant entry to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim nations is deeply troubling and has serious and chilling implications for a number of our…
Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, an internationally renowned physician-scientist in the field of lung disease, has been named the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University’s provost for medical affairs. Choi has served as interim dean of Weill Cornell Medicine since June 1, 2016. Choi was…
The David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future invites proposals for the Academic Venture Fund (AVF) program. This fund stimulates innovative, impactful, interdisciplinary research in sustainability at Cornell. The Academic Venture Fund helps form interdisciplinary teams of Cornell scholars and where appropriate, connect these teams with external partners. The…
Vijay Pendakur, Cornell’s new Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students, considers himself a global citizen. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, Pendakur spent his childhood traveling between the U.S. and India. He calls Chicago his hometown, where his father taught film at Northwestern University…
With political divisiveness so often headlining the news, how refreshing it is to celebrate a centennial that demonstrates the power of countries coming together. One hundred years ago, the United States and Great Britain (for Canada) came together for birds when they signed the Migratory Bird Treaty, a convention to protect…
A portable concussion detection machine created by three college students, including one from the College of Arts and Sciences, was shown at the Consumer Electronics Showcase, Jan. 5-8 in Las Vegas. The device from Reflexion Interactive Technologies, founded by Patrick Walsh ’19 and high school friends Matthew Campagna and Matthew…
Wait your turn, cows. Cornell now milks the sun for energy. The university formally opened three additional solar farms in December that will generate large amounts of electricity and help the campus achieve its carbon neutrality goals. “We’re making substantial, meaningful progress on Cornell’s Climate Action Plan – and one way is…