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March 27, 2018

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...

March 26, 2018

Robin Dando Cornell University food scientists have discovered that when mice are fed a high-fat diet and become obese, they lose nearly 25 percent of their tongue’s taste buds As a result, the mice – through an obesity-triggered metabolic malfunction...

March 23, 2018

The Land Institute/Provided Dehulled grain and unthreshed seed heads of Kernza, which is the first perennial grain crop to be used in commercial products While most industrial grain crops are annuals that must be replanted every year, a new perennial...

March 22, 2018

Dr Anne Jones, the medical services director of Cornell Health spoke at the MPH seminar class on “Zen and the Art of Medical Directing” Dr Jones has a unique story, obtaining her Master of Public Health degree after her Degree in Osteopathic Medicine because she...

March 22, 2018

Lights on Hit the switch Cornell will celebrate “Earth Hour” March 24, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm, when community members are encouraged to turn off any nonessential light in your living space or common area for 60 minutes “This could be Earth’s finest...

March 16, 2018

All members of the Cornell community are invited to the reception recognizing the 2018 recipient of the James A Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony, March 19 at 4 pm in Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room The prize was established...

March 15, 2018

The ILR School will hold a public event March 19 that examines one of today’s most pressing issues: sexual harassment in the workplace US Sen Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cornell President Martha E Pollack will open the discussion, held 2:30 to 4 pm in Statler...

March 14, 2018

The Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Director of the National Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Program at Cornell University, Dr Robert B Gravani brought risk and crisis communication in food safety to Cornell University's Master of Public Health Cohort Risk...

March 14, 2018

Lindsay France/University Photography Sara Xayarath Hernández, associate dean for inclusion and student engagement, in Caldwell Hall The Department of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity soon will send a request via email to all faculty and staff,...

March 13, 2018

Rachel Rhodes/University Relations Conor McCabe '18 and Rep Kurt Schrader '74 in Schrader's office Delegates from Cornell traveled to Washington, DC, March 4-7 to advocate for federal support of land-grant universities and agricultural research as part...

March 12, 2018

Brower Youth Awards Last year, Dejah Powell '18 founded Get Them to the Green, an organization that aims to foster love for the environment among Chicago youth, particularly youth of color  The South Side of Chicago, where Dejah Powell ’18 grew...

March 8, 2018

On Sept 5, 2017, President Donald Trump said his administration would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, enacted by executive action in 2012 by his predecessor, Barack Obama Attorney General Jeff Sessions also announced a six-month...