The Ithaca Green New Deal was adopted as a resolution in June 2019, committing the city to carbon neutrality across the community by 2030 Almost half of the city’s emissions are transportation related “Transportation is a hard nut to crack,” notes Rebecca Evans,...
A new kind of death is coming to Antarctica, scientists fear The harsh environment is full of everyday heartbreak: predation, starvation, chicks that are lost at sea when their icy shoreline melts away Now a novel pathogen threatens to rip through colonies of marine...
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of cases was determined by how many people were testing positive every day, using PCR tests While the tests themselves are considered highly accurate, there were limitations to this method, as not everybody had the same...
Two years after it was first discovered in Louisiana, state wildlife officials have detected seven additional cases of chronic wasting disease, a fatal illness that has afflicted deer in more than 30 states There have now been 19 confirmed Louisiana cases of the...
When Stephen Sansoterra applied to Cornell in early 2020, Covid-19 had just arrived in the US “I was interested in learning more about public health during a pandemic, while taking a step into healthcare,” he remembers He was drawn to Cornell Public Health’s...
Since her days as a math major, Assistant Professor of Practice Dr Corinna Noel has been eager to apply her quantitative skills to real-world challenges She discovered epidemiology in graduate school and soon, she says, “I started using my epi skills to help solve...
Coming from a family of dentists and doctors, Julia Metri ‘23 was always interested in healthcare In college, she worked in hospitals and clinics in Haiti, and then as a vascular surgery unit technician in Boston While there, the Covid-19 pandemic arrived “The...
A $35 million gift will endow and name the Cornell K Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health to address key challenges at the intersection of wildlife health, domestic animal health, human health and livelihoods, and the environment that supports all life on...
Avery Sirwatka worked on farms, in greenhouses, in food distribution, and in food retail for years before first learning about ‘food systems’ in college as a framework for the complex interconnections between these sectors As an undergraduate in Buffalo, New York,...
Getting tobacco vaping warning labels right for both adults and teens has proven complex, as regulators confront two public health challenges: How to promote e-cigarette use as an alternative for adults who smoke cigarettes, while warning teens who use e-cigarettes of...
Ashwin Issac chose Cornell Public Health to translate his healthcare background into a consulting career “The skills I gained at Cornell are exactly what I needed,” he attests Today, as a Risk and Compliance Consultant with KPMG’s forensic advisory practice,...
