Students can feel overwhelmed by the pressures associated with getting a top-quality education, but a new website and programming aims – by nature – to lower their stress levels. CUinNature.cornell.edu, which launched this fall, is a clearinghouse for the many natural areas on campus, including the Cornell Botanic Gardens, most just…
Researchers in the social sciences have been searching for a holy grail: an accurate way to predict who is likely to engage in problematic behavior, like using drugs. Over the years experts in economics, psychology and public health have designed hundreds of questionnaires in an attempt to understand who will…
William Campbell, PhD, won a Nobel Prize in 2015 for helping to develop the antiparasitic drug ivermectin. Dr. Campbell described the process that resulted in the discovery of the drug for a standing room-only crowd on the Cornell campus Oct. 13. Ivermectin was first shown to be effective against parasitic…
When Dr. Kristy Richards first told people she was looking at pet dogs as part of her cancer research, she’d get a lot of blank looks. “I’d tell my M.D. colleagues what I was doing, and they’d go, ‘… what?’” she says. Fortunately, the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine…
A “One Health” philosophy recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal and environmental health. With that comprehensive perspective in mind, the 2016 Cornell University One Health + Public Health + Global Health Symposium will take place Nov. 4, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Biotech G10 and the lobby. The symposium will focus on the…
From creating to implementing real-world solutions, Cornell University is leading the way toward a more sustainable future. Click here to view the video. This video was created by CornellCast and originally published on November 2, 2016.
Getting your Cornell Dairy fix is getting easier. The Cornell Dairy Cooperative, a new venture of the Cornell Dairy, is now providing a new way to buy dairy favorites without a stop at a campus store or dining hall. The co-op provides a fresh, convenient way to get ice cream,…
Cornell’s long-standing battle against a major potato pest is getting a $1.2 million boost in new state funding. The destructiveness of the golden nematode, currently quarantined to eight New York counties, threatens the state’s annual $73 million potato crop. For decades, a partnership between Cornell and government scientists has kept…
My name is Zachary Dvornicky-Raymond, I am a member of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 2019. This is my second Expanding Horizons post. You can read my first post here. Looking back on this summer, specifically to the very beginning, I realize that I had high aspirations…
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