May 2024

Using experiments with COVID-19 related queries, Cornell sociology and information science researchers found that in a public health emergency, most people pick out and click on accurate information. Although higher-ranked results are…

Damaged grape berries combined with vinegar flies are a recipe for promoting sour rot, a disease that lowers vineyard yields and wine quality, according to a Cornell study reporting on field experiments in New York state. The study…

Sixteen faculty and staff in Cornell’s contract colleges were awarded the 2023-24 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. The awards, which underscore SUNY’s commitment to advancing knowledge and serving the…

Iván Duque, the former president of Colombia, urged the 2024 graduating fellows of the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business to tackle what he termed a “liberty deficit” in countries across the…

Beginning in the fall semester of 2024, the Active Learning Initiative (ALI) will support three teaching postdoctoral fellows for the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in the College of Engineering and the Departments of…

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. The results, published on May 29 in…

Hummingbirds seem like a marvel of nature and engineering: a living creature that can hover near a flower with surgical precision. How do they do this? Though hummingbirds’ flight mechanics have been well studied, far less is known…

UCLA biologists have some good news and some bad news for lovers of urban wildlife in Los Angeles. The good news? Unexpected pockets of biodiversity pepper the city. The bad news? It will be a challenge to elevate the level of overall…

The UCLA Film & Television Archive will showcase the best of Iranian and Iranian diaspora filmmaking with its Celebration of Iranian Cinema 2024 series, which runs over  three weekends, from June 14 to 30. With a diverse selection of…

A new study led by UCLA researchers has unveiled the most detailed view of the complex biological mechanisms underlying autism, showing the first link between genetic risk for the disorder and observed cellular and genetic activity across…