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June 30, 2016

Eating dirt can even become an addiction, an impulsive act hidden from others “With geophagy, the language of substance abuse is really common,” says Sera Young, Assistant Professor of Global Health and Nutrition in the Department of Population Medicine and...

June 29, 2016

An international, multi-institutional team of researchers that included Guillaume Lambert, a Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow in Applied and Engineering Physics at the College of Engineering, has developed a low-cost, rapid paper-based diagnostic system for...

June 29, 2016

On June 10, 2016, Cornell University and 15 other high education institutions signed the Fair Chance Higher Education Pledge at the White House The pledge provides colleges and universities with an opportunity to voice their support for reforms to remove...

June 28, 2016

David M Lodge, an internationally recognized conservation biologist, recently began his tenure as the Francis J DiSalvo Director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Here, he talks to the Cornell Chronicle’s Blaine Friedlander about his priorities in the...

June 28, 2016

Cornell nutritional sciences professors Julia Finkelstein and Saurabh Mehta are leading an international team assembled by the WHO to study the risks of Zika virus transmission through breast milk Finkelstein and Mehta's previous research similar viruses and their...

June 28, 2016

  After a three-year study on the Cornell-developed program model CARE: Children and Residential Experiences, a long-term initiative of the Residential Child Care Project (RCCP) in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research at the College of Human...

June 27, 2016

My name is Zachary Dvornicky-Raymond, I am a member of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 2019 As far back as I can remember, I have dreamed of working with wildlife and making an impact on conservation worldwide Now that I am in vet...

June 24, 2016

By Krishna Ramanujan Originally posted in the Cornell Chronicle on June 21, 2016 Outbreaks of Zika and Ebola, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, foodborne diseases and chronic illnesses are constantly in the news, making comprehensive public health...

June 17, 2016

Dr Karel A Schat is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the College of Veterinary Medicine He has won numerous awards for his work in avian virology, including the Beecham Award for Research Excellence, the Upjohn Achievement...

May 26, 2016

Professor of Virology in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the College of Veterinary Medicine Whittaker's research focus is on the entry of influenza viruses, rhaboviurses and coronaviruses into host cells In addition, Whittaker is a primary faculty...

May 26, 2016

Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine Ivanek's research focus is in public health and epidemiology of infectious and foodborne diseases Her epidemiological approaches...

May 26, 2016

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believes that about 17% of Americans get sick from foodborne diseases each year The CDC estimates that 59% of these illnesses are caused by viruses and 39% are caused by bacteria The some of the most commons...