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October 6, 2021

Dr Casey Cazer, Cornell ’16, ’20, a veterinarian and assistant professor in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, has mentored three MPH students in applied research projects that use veterinary clinical data and machine learning to...

September 27, 2021

“The Cornell MPH Program is our longest partnership,” says Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD) program manager Emily Mader NEVBD focuses on workforce training, applied research, and developing a community of practice...

March 31, 2020

Gary Whittaker studied Biochemistry and completed a PhD in Microbiology at the University of Leeds (UK) before moving to the US to do post-doctoral studies in cell biology at Yale University Medical School Gary came to Cornell in 1996, where he has established a...

December 17, 2019

Antimicrobials –including antibiotics – are used in humans and livestock to prevent or treat infection However, overuse of antimicrobials can lead disease-causing microbes to mutate and become ‘superbugs’, immune to the drugs that treat them, also known as...

November 25, 2019

“To have healthy people, we must have a healthy planet” These words from Dr Alexaner Travis, director of Cornell’s Master of Public Health (MPH) Program, opened the symposium “Climate change and health: A call to action” Nov 15 Spurred by estimates...

December 4, 2017

Provided Etinosa Obanor, representing global youth constituencies, addresses the high-level segment at COP23 on Nov 16 On the world stage, Etinosa Obanor ’18 minced no words Representing global youth constituencies at the high-level segment at the...

December 1, 2017

Blaine Friedlander/Cornell Chronicle From left, Khaled Hashad, Bo Yang, Max Zhang and Dan Shaw are developing a computational fluid dynamics model for the Green Heart project, to mitigate highway exhaust pollution and improve human health Cornell...

November 20, 2017

Cornell’s Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Global Health and Technology (INSiGHT) is dedicated to “applying modern technological tools to solve nutritional and global health problems” Its co-founders are Saurabh Mehta, professor of global...

November 17, 2017

Dan Klotz '89/Provided Carmen Moraru, professor of food science, speaks during a briefing in the House of Representatives Nov 2 “How can we improve the safety of the food supply” asked Cornell food scientist Carmen Moraru Moraru, professor of food...

November 14, 2017

Erwin Chemerinsky Controversial speakers and their opponents have entangled campuses across the country in fraught, sometimes violent clashes When speakers with provocative or biased viewpoints come knocking, should universities welcome them and safeguard...

November 13, 2017

Local & Regional Food Systems Strengthening Collaborations across Campus, County and Community Strengthening Connection: Who We Are To catalyze collaboration and strengthen our impact, we are taking some time to get to know our LRFS network and are sharing what we...

November 8, 2017

Provided Chris Barrett speaks at a forum hosted by the American Enterprise Institute Oct 19 in Washington, DC Congress can change the United States’ international food aid programs to save lives without increasing taxpayer costs, said Cornell expert...