Three Cornell University faculty members will present big ideas about tiny things to a gathering of influential thought leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF). Daniel Buckley and Angela Douglas of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Ilana Britoof the College of Engineering will share their research at an IdeasLab session on Jan. 18…
Dr. Michael Satlin’s patients aren’t just battling cancer. Many are also fighting drug-resistant bacteria – “superbugs” that threaten their fragile immune systems, and their lives. “They can die within hours or days of infection if they’re not properly treated, because they have no immune system,” said Satlin, assistant professor of…
Managing mosquito-borne viruses, such as West Nile, Dengue, Zika and tick-borne Lyme disease have been a challenge due to lack of resources, knowledge and trained expertise. To better understand, prevent and treat diseases passed from insects to people, the Cornell-led Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases will launch later…
Two doctors – Lewis C. Cantley, M.S. ’73, Ph.D. ’75, and Kristy Richards ’90, Ph.D., M.D. – are growing radically collaborative research connections between Weill Cornell Medicine and the College of Veterinary Medicine, adding new discoveries to the university’s long history of research that benefits animals and people. They also are revamping the ways…
Cornell’s Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Team (SMART) was recognized for its impact on poor communities by earning the L.A. Potts Success Story award on Dec. 5 at the Professional Agricultural Workers Conference. Edward Mabaya, director of the SMART program, accepted the award at the 74th annual conference held at Tuskegee University…
Namibian farmer Robin Lyonga was hoping to sell his cattle to an accredited slaughterhouse that exported meat for a good price. He planned to sell off part of his herd to help his brother get training for a better-paying career. But then another herder’s cow many miles away developed foot-and-mouth…
Cornell University is currently accepting applications to our Master of Public Health program, a trans-disciplinary degree program for future leaders in public and global health. Our first round of admissions review will take place late January 2017, with applicants being informed of their status in February 2017. Applicants wishing to be…
Tanzania recently became a partner of the Cornell-based Next Generation Cassava Breeding project (NextGen), joining Nigeria and Uganda in the global effort to improve cassava breeding in Africa. This partnership is expected to enhance the project’s efforts to improve livelihoods for African cassava farmers. “Tanzania has one of the foremost cassava breeding…
Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on October 4, 2016 and has acted as a deadly catalyst upon the country’s worsening cholera epidemic. The outbreak began in 2010 after the catastrophic earthquake, when contaminated waste from a United Nations peacekeeping base entered a nearby river. In order to understand this epidemic from…
Cornell researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that helps convert nitrogen-based fertilizer into nitrous oxide, an ozone-depleting greenhouse gas. The paper was published online Nov. 17 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “The first key to plugging a leak is finding the leak,” said Kyle Lancaster, assistant…