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June 28, 2017

Apply for the CDC Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship - The CDC Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship (PMR/F) will accept applications for the Class of 2018 from July 1 through July 31, 2017 Physicians, veterinarians, and nurses who are Epidemic...

June 28, 2017

On the heels of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, a new Cornell study finds that climate-science labels do matter The US public doubts the existence of “global warming” more than it doubts...

June 27, 2017

Fashion bloggers and Instagrammers seem to enjoy a coveted lifestyle, with jet-setting to exotic locales, couture clothing furnished by designers and countless other caption-worthy experiences Yet the attention lavished on these so-called “influencers” draws...

June 26, 2017

University of Pittsburgh professor Karen Matthews explored biological links to persistent social inequalities in childhood health during the 2017 Bronfenbrenner Lecture, held June 15 in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall Hosted by the Bronfenbrenner Center for...

June 23, 2017

In time, men may have a new way to prevent pregnancy, thanks to the innovative thinking of a Cornell geneticist Paula Cohen, professor of genetics in the College of Veterinary Medicine, has won a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to...

June 22, 2017

Last month, Ithaca’s first Farm to Plate Conference was launched as a collaboration between Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming and Cornell University’s Development Sociology Department to celebrate and discuss challenges around “uniting for a just...

June 22, 2017

We need nature – and nature needs us It’s a novel approach to wildlife conservation and the founding principle of a new initiative from the College of Veterinary Medicine Led by some of the world’s top wildlife health experts, Wildlife Health Cornell...

June 21, 2017

With his trademark humor, much of it at his own expense, Bill Nye ’77 – known to a generation as “The Science Guy” – captivated and delighted alumni and others with his Reunion Weekend talk, “Everything All At Once – How Cornellians Will Save the...

June 20, 2017

Faculty experts looked at current and historical migration and refugee issues from local, national and international perspectives, and the impacts for Cornell from potential immigration policy changes, at a forum June 10 in Statler Auditorium as part of Cornell...

June 19, 2017

Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has named eight social sciences, humanities and arts (SSHA) fellows for the 2017-18 academic year The fellows, who come from across the university, will add distinctive perspectives to the arena of sustainability...

June 19, 2017

In the shadow of Barbara McClintock’s historic campus shed, plots of foliage thicken in the university’s Climate Change Demonstration Garden Located at the Cornell Botanic Gardens, these raised beds provide a living illustration of how future temperature...

June 16, 2017

Global changes in climate, economies, transportation, and resource use, as well as environmental agents that propel infectious diseases across borders and species, profoundly challenge public health  From July 9 to 15, Cornell MPH faculty will be teaching at a...