A multicenter randomized, controlled clinical trial aims to test whether a minimally invasive treatment can relieve chronic pelvic pain and improve the quality of life for women with pelvic venous disease.

Chakrabarti joined Cornell AAP this semester as the Thomas J. Baird Visiting Critic to share his vast knowledge and practical experience improving cities and communities with NYC-based Advanced Urban Design students.

Reinforcement Learning, an artificial intelligence approach, has the potential to guide physicians in designing sequential treatment strategies for better patient outcomes but requires significant improvements before it can be applied in clinical settings.

The warming of lakes in the Adirondacks, the death of long-time benefactor and alumnus Ratan Tata ’59, B.Arch. ’62, and the retirement of Martha E. Pollack as president were among the most-viewed Chronicle stories of 2024.

The Brooks Tech Policy Institute has received $3 million from the Department of Defense to establish the U.S. Semiconductor Research Hub, which will assess and improve the resilience of the global network of semiconductor infrastructure.

Prostate cancer hijacks the normal prostate’s growth regulation program to release the brakes and grow freely, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

A newer hepatitis B vaccine was superior to an older type in inducing a protective antibody response among people living with HIV who didn’t respond to prior vaccination, according to a study led by a Weill Cornell Medicine investigator.

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate a new therapeutic approach for the most common form of kidney cancer.

An emerging class of anticancer drugs called EZH2 inhibitors may greatly enhance the potency of some cancer immunotherapies, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine lymphoma researchers.

Many individuals seeking asylum in the United States show increased stress and pain symptoms that are associated with indications of cardiovascular disease, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Experts’ more stringent online reviews have the effect of compressing aggregate ratings by penalizing higher-quality products compared to their lower-quality alternatives. To address this problem, a research team developed a method for de-biasing ratings.

Specially packaged DNA secreted by tumor cells can trigger an immune response that inhibits the metastatic spread of the tumor to the liver, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Severe COVID-19 arises in part from the SARS-CoV-2 virus’s impact on mitochondria, tiny oxygen-burning power plants in cells, which can help trigger a cascade of organ- and immune system-damaging events, suggests a study by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine.

A preclinical trial has identified a way to thwart the highly addictive nature of opioids such as morphine and oxycodone while maintaining the drugs’ ability to relieve pain.

Inhibiting an immune signaling protein may help preserve the protective layer surrounding nerve fibers in the brain during both Alzheimer’s disease and ordinary aging, a new study suggests.

The installation designed by AAP's Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers is one of nearly 200 artworks featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now" exhibition, open through Feb. 17.

A fungus discovered in the mouse stomach may hold a key to fungal evolution within the gastrointestinal tract, according to new research led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

The secret to cellular youth may depend on keeping the nucleolus – a condensed structure inside the nucleus of a cell – small, according to Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

A novel combination of surgery and embolization used to treat subdural hematomas, bleeding between the brain and its protective membrane due to trauma, reduces the risk of follow-up surgeries, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and University at Buffalo.

Working with week-old zebrafish larva, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and colleagues decoded how the connections formed by a network of neurons in the brainstem guide the fishes’ gaze.

Eclectic Convergence, a yearly event hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, included featured speakers, networking, a pitch contest and tabling by student businesses.

 A new study by Cornell information science researchers finds that ignoring race in college admissions leads to an admitted class that is much less diverse, but with similar academic credentials to those where affirmative action is factored in.

Two alums are leading an effort to give Rwandan farmers the tools to grow and sell grains - with the ultimate goal of lifting communities out of poverty and improving food security across East Africa.

Hospices are increasingly owned by private equity firms and publicly traded companies, but recently Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that they performed substantially worse than hospices owned by not-for-profit agencies.

Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy have established the Cornell Health Policy Center to serve as the locus for health policy impact, research and training across Cornell.

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have determined the full-length structure and function of a blood pressure-regulating hormone receptor, which may enable better drug targeting of the receptor for diseases such as hypertension and heart failure.

Over 1,200 people from 49 countries convened at the inaugural “Global Climate Finance and Risks,” virtual conference co-hosted by Cornell Atkinson, the Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business and the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research. This year’s U.N. COP29 in Baku will emphasize climate finance solutions. 

The new “How NYC Moves” report, co-authored by a Cornell Tech expert and New York City’s Mayor’s Office, offers strategies to leverage technology to speed transportation analyses and unlock housing development.

A new analysis finds that Cornell Tech, its alumni and startups achieved $768 million in total economic impact in New York City in the 2023-24 fiscal year. That impact is expected to reach $1.5 billion by 2030.

A Cornell-led team will use a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a “microbe-mineral atlas,” a catalog of microorganisms and how they interact with minerals, key for mining critical metals used for generating sustainable energy.

The process of identifying promising small molecule drug candidates that target cancer checkpoints may become faster and smarter through virtual screening, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $6.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to build a portable, high-resolution Positron Emission Tomography scanner that can detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Cornell researchers have found that in social VR settings, the decision to disclose an invisible disability – a physical, mental or neurological condition that’s not apparent but can limit a person’s movements, senses or activities – is personal.

An upcoming hackathon in New York City will focus on the hiring process and ways to incorporate technology.

Dr. Chani Traube, professor of pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a clinical trial called Optimizing Pain Treatment in Children on Mechanical ventilation.

No Net ID but want to borrow from Cornell University Library? No problem!

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have discovered a mechanism that ovarian tumors use to cripple immune cells – blocking the energy supply T cells depend on. The work points toward a promising new immunotherapy approach for ovarian cancer.

A new system can accurately assess the chromosomal status of in vitro-fertilized embryos using only time-lapse video images of the embryos and maternal age, according to a study from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered a defense mechanism that protects skin cancer cells from oxidative stress and helps them spread. 

Angela Odoms-Young is the critical issue lead for extension programming in the areas of human nutrition, food safety and security and obesity prevention, effective October 1, 2024. The appointment reflects CCE's dedication to leveraging campus resources and CCE educators and collaborators across the state, to ensure that needs are met and key metrics and benchmarks for educational work are identified. 

Angela Odoms-Young is the critical issue lead for extension programming in the areas of human nutrition, food safety and security and obesity prevention, effective October 1, 2024. The appointment reflects CCE's dedication to leveraging campus resources and CCE educators and collaborators across the state, to ensure that needs are met and key metrics and benchmarks for educational work are identified. 

Professors Dr. Silvia Formenti and Dr. Massimo Loda have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, in recognition of outstanding professional achievement and major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences.

A study from Weill Cornell Medicine provides new insights into a pair of proteins and their opposing functions in regulating the interferon response in hepatic stellate cells, a critical immune component in the liver’s fight against tumors.

Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff invoked history – Cornell’s and his own – in his first State of the University address, delivered Oct. 18 in Call Auditorium during the Trustee-Council Annual Meeting.

The findings could lead to new treatments targeting a particular protein to better manage inflammation in patients who don’t respond well to existing therapies.

A new technology enables the control of specific brain circuits non-invasively with magnetic fields, according to a preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the Rockefeller University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Robert M. Califf will join Cornell leaders at a public event on Oct. 16 to discuss approaches to persistent and emerging threats to Americans’ health.

A study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center found that antiviral enzymes that mutate the DNA of normal and cancer cells are key promoters of early bladder cancer development.

The 2024 Eclectic Convergence conference in New York City, organized by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, is set for Nov. 15.

Two grants, up to $25,000 each, will be awarded for research in the life sciences to Cornell faculty who enhance the diversity, equity and inclusion goals of the university.

The award funds innovative but inherently risky research endeavors that have the potential to overturn existing scientific paradigms or create new ones.

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that removing protected class regulation from Medicare prescription drug policies could greatly reduce the United States' prescription drug spending, potentially saving $47 billion between 2011 and 2019.

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that the possibility of parental disclosure through online patient portals led older adolescents to hesitate in sharing complete health information with doctors.

A mutation in the KRAS gene is associated with improved overall survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma compared with other variants, according to a multicenter study conducted at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and other institutions.

Nicola Dell, associate professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, and novelist Ling Ma, MFA ’16, have been awarded 2024 MacArthur Foundation fellowships — more commonly known as “genius grants.”

A new study emphasizes the importance of considering sex differences in Alzheimer’s research – a step that could ultimately lead to more precise and effective treatments.

A powerful new analytical tool offers a closer look at how tumor cells “shape-shift” to become more aggressive and untreatable, as shown in a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center.

A new preclinical model using CRISPR has given Weill Cornell Medicine researchers and their colleagues a deeper insight into how prostate cancer spreads or metastasizes.

A multi-institutional clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of infection compared with traditional biopsy approaches.

Immunocompromised people with persistent COVID infections can harbor drug-resistant variants of the virus, which have the potential to spread, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the College of Veterinary Medicine and the NIH have found.

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers helps explain why having ApoE4 – the gene variant most closely linked to Alzheimer’s disease – increases the risk of neurodegeneration and white matter damage.

Taking race into account when developing tools to predict a patient’s risk of colorectal cancer leads to more accurate predictions when compared with race-blind algorithms, researchers find.

About half of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with a combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors survive cancer-free for 10 years or more, according to a  report from Weill Cornell Medicine and Dana-Farber Cancer Center investigators.

Researchers have used a cutting-edge model system to uncover the mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 induces new cases of diabetes and worsens complications in people who already have it.

The history of labor organizations and worker issues in China is the focus of “Keywords of Chinese Labor: An Exhibition,” opening this month in an art gallery in Brooklyn. The exhibition will include daily guided tours and events.

Climate Week NYC will get a Big Red tint as Cornell researchers suggest carbon solutions for the travel industry, discuss agricultural methane and participate in a nuclear energy conference.

The Fall 2024 Scientific Computing Training Series begins October 2, featuring five webinars on Python, JupyterLab, and R, aimed at enhancing research services and scientific collaboration across all Cornell campuses.

The Communal eXtended-Reality (CXR) system is a cutting-edge blend of the physical and digital worlds in which virtual scenes are overlaid onto the real world, designed to engage communities in new ways. 

By repeatedly scanning the brains of a small group of patients for a year and a half, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have identified a distinct pattern of neuronal interactions that appears to predispose some people to developing depression.

Students work at partner sites across the city’s five boroughs, with a focus on urban studies, community engagement and professional development.

Research at Weill Cornell Medicine suggests that childhood immunization against HIV could one day provide protection before risk of contracting the potentially fatal infection dramatically increases in adolescence.

The study shows that artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies can effectively and efficiently subtype pathology samples from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Researchers studying artificial intelligence training data and treatment of swelling linked to breast cancer are among the eight Cornell assistant professors who recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

Items from the Cornell Fashion and Textile Collection make up over 75% of the exhibit “Influencers: 1920s fashion and the New Woman” at Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, New York.

An enzyme called PGK1 has an unexpectedly critical role in the production of chemical energy in brain cells, according to a preclinical study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

More than 65% of Empire State Poll respondents say the cost of living is the most critical issue facing their households, according to the ILR School’s annual report, published Aug. 22.  

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian found that a self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy app significantly reduced anxiety in young adults struggling with mental health challenges.

Researchers have uncovered DNA markers associated with retroelements, remnants of ancient viral genetic material, in our genes that act as highly accurate epigenetic clocks predicting chronological age. 

“The Barons and the Mob: Essays on Centralized Platforms and Decentralized Crowds,” a collection co-edited by James Grimmelmann of Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School, is an introduction to the complexities of online crowds.

With surprising frequency, patients with severe brain injury can show clear signs of cognitive function on brain scans in response to requests to carry out complex mental work, even when they can’t move or speak.

The Bowers Undergraduate Research Experience is a 10-week summer program where Cornell undergraduates are paired with one of nearly 40 faculty mentors and their doctoral students to tackle a specific research project.

The newest episode of “Startup Cornell,” a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, features Josh Gully ’83, managing director of NewEdge Wealth.

On July 1, Cornell Law School and Cornell Tech welcomed David Reiss to their faculties as clinical professor of law and research director of the Blassberg-Rice Center for Entrepreneurship Law.

More than 100 Arts and Sciences students were awarded Summer Experience Grants, which help students pay for housing, food, transportation and other expenses while they undertake minimally paid or unpaid summer internships or positions.

Propofol may hold the keys to developing new treatment strategies for epilepsy and other neurological disorders, according to a new study.

An iron-binding drug that is already approved for treatment of other diseases could provide a novel way to attack ovarian tumors, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Many people enrolled in Medicaid who require psychiatric care have difficulty accessing clinicians in a timely manner despite the higher need in this population, according to a study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Two Medicaid policies can interact to increase oncology clinical trial enrollment among Black and Hispanic patients, according to a new study by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania and Medidata AI.

A simple blood test that measures the number of lymphocytes may predict whether people who have relapsed multiple myeloma are going to respond well to CAR-T immunotherapy.

A new preclinical model offers a unique platform for studying the Parkinson’s disease process and suggests a relatively easy method for detecting the disease.

Weill Cornell Medicine has received $4.2 million to study how the immune system in some people infected with HIV can keep the virus under control, which could lead to new therapies.

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have used machine learning to define three subtypes of Parkinson’s disease based on the pace at which the disease progresses.

A new consortium co-led by Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $31 million grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to accelerate the development of better treatment regimens for tuberculosis.

Scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed new AI tools tailored to digital pathology, a growing field that uses high-resolution digital images created from tissue samples to help diagnose disease.

Vaccinating mothers against RSV during late pregnancy to protect their newborns is not associated with an increased risk of preterm birth or other poor outcomes, according to Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.

Professors Tashara M. Leak and Aditya Vashistha are recipients of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service through Diversity.

A multinational team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators developed a test for an HIV strain that disproportionately affects women and will benefit patients around the world.

Designed to provide corporate leaders with critical skills and actionable insights to bring to their boardrooms, the 2024 Cornell Tech Board of Directors Forum is slated for Oct. 29 and 30 in New York City.

Cornell inventors are turning visionary ideas into tangible solutions to global challenges. Cornell’s Center for Technology Licensing celebrated their achievements at its inaugural Bearers of Innovation event.

Panelists at the “How to Leap into Entrepreneurship” event talked the importance of networking, using their Cornell connections and experiences and developing an ability to handle failure.

Before a cell commits fully to the process of dividing itself into two new cells, it may ensure the appropriateness of its commitment by staying for many hours – sometimes more than a day – in a reversible intermediate state, according to new research.

Michael I. Kotlikoff assumes the role of Cornell’s interim president following the retirement of Cornell’s 14th president, Martha E. Pollack. He will serve until 2026.

A study involving more than 3.6 million people who’d already received COVID vaccinations found that offering free Lyft rides to a vaccination site was no more enticing than simply reminding people of the importance of getting boosted.

Researchers developed a robotic version of a crash cart – a rolling storage cabinet stocked with medical supplies – to see if it can help out in unpredictable health care settings, like emergency and operating rooms.

The inaugural Inclusion and Belonging Summit was held on June 12, 2024 and hosted at Weill Cornell Medicine, drawing nearly 40 employees from Cornell’s main campus in Ithaca, Cornell Tech, Weill Cornell Medicine and other higher education institutions to New York City.

Intimate partner violence is notoriously underreported and correctly diagnosed at hospitals only around a quarter of the time, but a new method provides a more realistic picture of which groups of women are most affected, even when their cases go unrecorded.

The transition to menopause is marked by a progressively higher density of estrogen receptors on brain cells, a measure that remains elevated in women up to their mid-60s, according to a new brain imaging study.

Portobello, a new driving simulator developed by researchers at Cornell Tech, blends virtual and mixed realities, enabling both drivers and passengers to see virtual objects overlaid in the real world.

An artificial intelligence-powered method for detecting tumor DNA in blood has the potential to improve cancer care with the very early detection of recurrence and close monitoring of tumor response during therapy.

A new study helps explain how moving cells respond to environmental cues and set up internal structures that enable them to keep going in one direction during organ development, wound healing, cancer metastasis and many other processes 

Researchers have discovered a link between two key pathways that regulate the immune system in mammals – a finding that impacts understanding of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases.

After sampling food markets in Chinatown districts, Cornell researchers found evidence that some threatened species of sea cucumbers – a pricey, nutritious delicacy – get sold to consumers.

Changes that are longer-lasting and distinct between crew members reveal new targets for aerospace medicine and can guide new missions, according to the results of a massive international research endeavor.

By teasing out the biological mechanisms in pregnancy-related mental health disorders, investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine are laying the groundwork for new ways to detect and treat pregnant women and new mothers at risk.

Home health aides are vulnerable to stress, isolation and depressive symptoms, which impact their own health as well as their patients’ desire to age in place, according new research.

An interdisciplinary Cornell research team has developed a new surgical technique that blocks the spread of focal epileptic seizures in the brain by making precise incisions with femtosecond laser pulses.

Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have uncovered the first evidence that astrocyte receptors can trigger opposite effects on cognitive function in male and female preclinical models.

Research led by Weill Cornell Medicine provides new evidence that most colorectal cancers begin with the loss of intestinal stem cells, even before cancer-causing genetic alterations appear.

At its May 24 meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees elected seven new trustees to four-year terms. The board also reelected a trustee from the field of labor; they all join recent alumni- and faculty-elected trustees.

Researchers have developed and tested a high-resolution sensor for tracking the real-time dynamics of adenosine triphosphate levels in cells and within subcellular compartments.

In its world-class research and teaching, Cornell Bowers CIS is uniquely positioned to guide tomorrow’s innovators as they dive into issues of ethics, fairness and privacy, while weighing the policy implications of technological advances.

More than 300 expected graduates in received their degrees from Weill Cornell Medicine during the institution’s annual commencement ceremony May 16 at Carnegie Hall.

Dr. Myles Wolf will lead the institutions’ largest clinical and academic department, overseeing 16 divisions and nearly 2,250 physicians and scientists.

Researchers have developed an advanced method for revealing how gene mutations disrupt the normal packaging of DNA, which can lead to malignancy.

Joan Klein Jacobs ’54, a global philanthropist who believed strongly in the power of education and the arts to transform lives, died May 6 in San Diego. She was 91.  

Researchers from Cornell Tech, Cornell and Stanford University found that, despite their ability to display empathy, conversational agents such as Siri do poorly compared to humans when interpreting and exploring a user’s experience.

Big Red Ventures (BRV), Cornell University’s early-stage venture capital fund run by MBAs and other graduate students, presented its portfolio and announced a new investment during the Annual Meeting on April 18 at Cornell Tech. 

Inulin, a type of fiber found in certain plant-based foods and fiber supplements, causes inflammation in the gut and exacerbates inflammatory bowel disease in a preclinical model, according to a new study.

Mario Herrero, Timothy Ryan, M.S. ’86, Ph.D. ’89, Steven Strogatz and Peter Wolczanski are Cornell’s 2024 electees to the National Academy of Sciences, the academy announced April 30 at the close of its 161st annual meeting.

Early onset heart failure is alarmingly common in urban Haiti – over 15-fold higher than previously estimated – according to a study conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers in partnership with the Haitian medical organization GHESKIO.

Contract negotiations have begun between Cornell and the union that represents graduate teaching assistants, graduate research assistants, research assistants and graduate assistants at the Ithaca, Geneva and Cornell Tech campuses.

A report from the ILR School’s Climate Justice Institute finds significant issues in New York state’s solar construction workforce, including transience, uncertain benefits and racial pay disparities.

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have uncovered a way to unleash in blood vessels the protective effects of a type of fat-related molecule known as a sphingolipid, suggesting a promising new strategy for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

Cornell celebrated the life of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies, during an event April 19 at Cornell Tech to commemorate the university’s most generous donor and officially name the main thoroughfare of the New York City campus in his honor.

Ashley Nelson, assistant professor of immunology research in the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a 2023 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award from The Hartwell Foundation.

Professors Peng Chen, Mariana Wolfner ’74 and Timothy A. Ryan, M.S. ’86, Ph.D. ’89, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on April 24.

Professors Peng Chen, Mariana Wolfner ’74 and Timothy A. Ryan, M.S. ’86, Ph.D. ’89, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on April 24.

Empire AI, a $400 million effort to create a shared academic research computing facility, is set to advance dozens of ambitious, cross-disciplinary projects at Cornell.

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a powerful new technique to generate “movies” of changing protein structures at speeds of up to 50 frames per second. 

Ka’jeem Hill is one of 32 labor professionals who will graduate from the AFL-CIO/Cornell-ILR Union Leadership Institute, which prepares them to advance workers’ rights in New York state.

Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men, and researchers have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by the loss of red blood cells during surgery. 

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have assembled the most comprehensive atlas to date of messenger RNA variants in the mouse and human brain, helping neuroscientists understand how the brain develops and functions.

A clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators showed that a nasal spray that patients administer at home, without a physician, successfully and safely treated recurrent episodes of a condition that causes rapid abnormal heart rhythms.

Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have developed an innovative human neuron model that robustly simulates the spread of tau protein aggregates in the brain – a process that drives cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia.

Using state-of-the-art tissue engineering techniques and a 3D printer, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Engineering have assembled a replica of an adult human ear that looks and feels natural. 

Visiting AAP NYC architecture faculty Shin and Rich of the Newark, New Jersey-based firm HECTOR share thoughts on democratizing urban design and how they have learned from the US tradition of popular education.

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik ’91, the Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts & Sciences, led a discussion with Cornell faculty March 26 New York City.

For younger Black patients living in rural parts of the southeastern United States, peer coaching is more effective than traditional clinical care in controlling high blood pressure, according to a new study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. 

A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine has identified important drivers of the transformation of follicular lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, from a slow-growing form to the aggressive form it takes in some patients. 

Researchers have discovered a protein called SEL1L that plays a critical role in clearing collagen from tissue, and which may be a therapeutic target to help prevent fibrosis, scar tissue that interferes with organ function. 

Individuals with physical health concerns made up the largest and fastest growing of five subgroups of individuals who died by suicide in the United States over roughly 20 years, researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and other institutions found.

For younger Black patients living in rural parts of the southeastern United States, peer coaching is more effective than traditional clinical care in controlling high blood pressure, according to a new study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. 

A team led by Dr. Samie Jaffrey, the Greenberg-Starr Professor of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a three-year, $1.65 million grant for RNA research under a biotechnology-development program run by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

A record 18,692 donors rallied to do the greatest good in just over 24 hours, hitting a new high on Cornell’s 10th Giving Day, held March 14. 

A record 18,692 donors rallied to do the greatest good in just over 24 hours, hitting a new high on Cornell’s 10th Giving Day, held March 14. 

Members of the Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2024 learned on national Match Day where they will be doing their internship and residency training – setting the stage for the next several years of their medical careers and lives.

Specialized nursing facility clinicians, or SNFists, may decrease the likelihood of nursing home residents experiencing stressful hospitalizations and improve the quality of life in their last days, according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine.

Mistrust of medical science during the pandemic is the rule, not the exception, of public perception of mainstream medicine historically, said Lewis A. Grossman, an American University law professor, in a lecture March 13 at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Teams addressed the weekend’s patient safety challenges related to medication, patient care, procedures/surgery, infection and diagnostic error.

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have shown that three months of social worker follow-up support to people hospitalized with HIV in Tanzania had health benefits at low cost.

Male breast cancer has distinct alterations in the tumor genome that may suggest potential treatment targets, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Cornell Law School and Cornell Tech will host the General Counsel Summit, an executive education program for senior in-house attorneys and corporate leaders, on June 20 and 21, 2024, at Cornell Tech.

Emma Pierson, assistant professor of computer science at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, has been awarded an AI2050 Early Career Fellowship from Schmidt Sciences for her work seeking to use AI to promote equity.

Cornell Tech has launched a new digital guide highlighting the many cultural attributes of its campus on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and cultural app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Researchers studying large-scale artificial intelligence, microbial biomanufacturing and causal inference methods are among the Cornell researchers who recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

A new study has identified a set of 140 genes that may help predict enhanced disease-free survival in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer treated with a combination of immunotherapy and low-dose radiation.

Individuals with eating disorders who have low income are frequently misdiagnosed and lack adequate access to appropriate therapy, according to new research.

Weill Cornell researchers find inflammatory bowel disease drug works by modulating the activity of a group of gut bacteria that are more abundant in patients who respond to the drug.

Cornell Tech experts Keith Cowing and Josh Hartmann offer a preview of the 2024 Product and Tech Leadership Summit.

A confluence of events, combined with a healthy obsession for details and a love of writing, gave Cornell Tech computer scientist Ari Juels just what he needed to produce his second fiction thriller, “The Oracle.”

An experimental mRNA vaccine against human cytomegalovirus, a common virus that can infect babies during pregnancy, elicited some of the most promising immune responses to date of any vaccine candidate, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

A multicenter, phase 3 clinical trial has found that apixaban is no more effective than aspirin at preventing a second stroke in patients diagnosed with a milder, related condition called atrial cardiopathy, according to new research.

Alessio Accardi, professor of physiology and biophysics in anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant for fundamental research on cell membrane proteins that have critical roles in biology and are involved in numerous human diseases.

Jeannine Gerhardt, an assistant professor of stem cell biology in obstetrics and gynecology and in reproductive medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a five-year, $2.1 million grant for the study of repetitive DNA and RNA sequences and the mechanisms by which they cause cell dysfunction and diseases.

The university has announced a realignment within the Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer designed to improve long-term financial oversight and cross-campus coordination between Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named three Cornell Bowers CIS faculty as 2023 ACM Fellows in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology.

A panel of Cornell alumni and other marketing executives explored the important role social influencers play in business today during a Jan. 18 event.

Structural insights into a potent antimalarial drug candidate’s interaction with a malaria parasite have paved the way for drug-resistant malaria therapies, according to a new study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Van Andel Institute.

Tim Barry ’93 co-founded a health care company that offers primary care, multispecialty and urgent care options to 1.6 million patients throughout the U.S.

CCE’s Chris Pickerell, M.S. ’93, urged Congress to continue funding environmental programs around the Long Island Sound to preserve the region’s strong ecological integrity and economy.

Further research may shed light on the neurological symptoms associated with long COVID, such as brain fog, lethargy and depression.

Non-cancerous cells called stromal cells, which are found in and around prostate tumors, may be useful in assessing these tumors’ potential to spread, and may even be targets for future prostate cancer treatments, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

A multidisciplinary task force of Cornell faculty and staff has issued a report offering perspectives and practical guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence in the practice and dissemination of Cornell’s academic research.

A new study found that patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with a combination of low-dose radiation and immunotherapy had higher progression-free survival compared to patients who received immunotherapy alone.

A new study found that patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with a combination of low-dose radiation and immunotherapy had higher progression-free survival compared to patients who received immunotherapy alone.

A consortium aiming to make New York a global leader in artificial intelligence would help Cornell play a role in shaping the future of AI, promote responsible research and development, create jobs and unlock opportunities focused on public good.

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have catalogued the cellular response to stroke in a preclinical model, identifying the immune cells involved and the roles they may play in the days and weeks following a stroke.