In a presentation to global leaders battling issues of climate change and feeding a burgeoning world population, Dawit Solomon, Cornell senior research associate in crop and soil science, explained food security solutions – such as adding biochar to poor...
This came across my newsfeed this morning: Antibiotics: Handle with Care This is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) media campaign theme as they launch World Antibiotic Awareness Week You might ask yourself, why must we be aware Antibiotics are those pills that...
A stark and troubling reality helped spur Juan Hinestroza to what he hopes is an important discovery and a step toward cleaner manufacturing Hinestroza, associate professor of fiber science and director of undergraduate studies in the College of Human Ecology, has...
Farm to school programs are rapidly gaining popularity as public health nutrition interventions in the United States These programs provide fresh, whole food choices for cafeterias, classroom snacks, before- and after-school programs, early childhood centers, and...
On Friday, November 4th, Cornell hosted a symposium entitled, One Health + Public Health + Global Health This symposium highlighted the connections between environmental health, humans and animals and included speakers representing a wide range of topics and fields...
Interim President Hunter Rawlings gave students credit for propelling the university into action at the President’s Sustainable Campus Committee annual summit Nov 10 “During my years as president – the first time – the students of Kyoto Now, now known as...
Students can feel overwhelmed by the pressures associated with getting a top-quality education, but a new website and programming aims – by nature – to lower their stress levels CUinNaturecornelledu, which launched this fall, is a clearinghouse for the many...
Researchers in the social sciences have been searching for a holy grail: an accurate way to predict who is likely to engage in problematic behavior, like using drugs Over the years experts in economics, psychology and public health have designed hundreds of...
William Campbell, PhD, won a Nobel Prize in 2015 for helping to develop the antiparasitic drug ivermectin Dr Campbell described the process that resulted in the discovery of the drug for a standing room-only crowd on the Cornell campus Oct 13 Ivermectin was first...
When Dr Kristy Richards first told people she was looking at pet dogs as part of her cancer research, she’d get a lot of blank looks “I’d tell my MD colleagues what I was doing, and they’d go, ‘… what’” she says Fortunately, the Cornell University...
A “One Health” philosophy recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal and environmental health With that comprehensive perspective in mind, the 2016 Cornell University One Health + Public Health + Global Health Symposium will take place Nov 4, 8 am to 4...
