One Health
By Nicholas Roman, CVM Class of 2018 Candidate The FDA is asking veterinarians and pet owners to help investigate a nine-year-old mystery: reports of illnesses associated with consumption of chicken, duck, or sweet potato jerky treats involving more than 6,200 dogs...
My name is Rachel Hilliard and I am a member of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 2019 I am off to Uganda this summer with the Expanding Horizons program! For the next eight weeks I will be conducting a study on tick-borne...
My name is Gabrielle Woo and I am a member of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 2017 I began college as an English literature major, but became interested in veterinary medicine after spending time in a chemistry lab that...
Most people sense that spending time in nature makes them feel good – but now there is solid research showing the quantifiable mental and physical health benefits that result from time spent in forests As listed on the New York Department of Environmental...
My name is Sabine Fischer-Daly and I am a member of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 2018 American Samoa will be my home for two months this summer, where I will work as an Expanding Horizons fellow I recently completed my second...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...