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May 23, 2016

Ruth and William Morgan Associate Professor of Applied Economics and Management at the Charles H Dyson School Expertise in Agricultural Economics, International Trade and Public Policy Analysis Rickard’s teaching and research focus is on the economic implications...

May 23, 2016

A recent study co-authored by Brad Rickard and Todd Schmit, both professors in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell, and Pamela Weinberg-Shapiro, a lecturer in the Division of Nutritional Sciences in Cornell's College of Human Ecology, analyses the...

May 17, 2016

The Looming Threat of Avian Flu, a recent article by Mary Mckenna in the New York Times Magazine, delves into the crippling 2015 outbreak in the Midwest and the possible threat that this virus poses to the United States in the future Between December 2014 and June...

May 11, 2016

A recent spread in the local newspaper, the Ithaca Times, highlighted the impressive presence of returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) in Ithaca, NY, Cornell University’s home Ithaca has the highest per-capita concentration of RPCVs in the nation So what is it...

April 27, 2016

The One Health Approach views the world as an integrated community – one where the health of the environment and animals influences the health of humans, and where the actions of humans impact the health of animals and the environment While disease, pollution and...

April 13, 2016

By Alexander J Travis So a guy walks into his doctor's office with a nasty-looking cut on his arm The doctor examines it and says, "Hmm, that's pretty bad Why don't you wait until gangrene sets in and then come back and see me" Sounds pretty ridiculous, right We don't...

April 7, 2016

Adam Boyko, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine, and his brother Ryan are the co-founders of the Cornell startup Embark Veterinary, a new canine genetics company that will release its first product later this spring...

April 7, 2016

Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine Lab focus in bacterial signaling controlling biofilm formation and pathogenicity, and membrane trafficking in eukaryotes with applications in human disease, dairy industry Learn...

April 6, 2016

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March 30, 2016

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March 30, 2016

Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences Wolfner's research focuses on understanding the important reproductive processes that occur around the time when a sperm fertilizes an egg at the molecular/gene level, and...

March 30, 2016

Professor of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Harrington's research focus is in biology, behavior and ecology of mosquitoes that transmit human pathogens She is interested in the biology, ecology and behavior of disease vectors; global health and...