Surgical technique may reduce risk of atrial fibrillation

The simple technique was associated with a 56% reduction in irregular heart rhythm that can lead to stroke, with no added risks, according to a Weill Cornell Medicine study.

Hochul names Cornellians to NYS climate assessment project

Several Cornellians – appointed by Gov. Kathy Hochul – will explore how the warming environment will affect New York’s communities, ecosystems and economy in the new Climate Impacts Assessment project.

Cannabis use disorder during pregnancy on the rise

As more states legalize cannabis for medical or recreational purposes, its use during pregnancy is increasing – along with the potential for abuse or dependence. 

Productive Frictions: Jesse LeCavalier on designing logistical possibilities

LeCavalier, an architect, urbanist, and educator shares thoughts on public life and value-integrated design practices, alternative models and trajectories for development, and questions to ask as producers of our society and surrounding landscapes.

Around Cornell

Oral drug enhances radiation therapy for cancer

Treatment with the amino acid arginine enhanced the effectiveness of radiation therapy in cancer patients with brain metastases in a clinical trial from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Angel H. Roffo Cancer Institute.

Estrogen exposure may protect women from Alzheimer’s

A new study suggests that greater cumulative exposure to estrogen in life may counter the decline in brain-matter volume that occurs with menopause, in key brain regions affected in Alzheimer's disease.

Bitcoin mining yields climate chaos, faculty tell NYS Assembly

Four Cornell faculty testified to the NYS Assembly Oct. 27 on how firing up once-shuttered carbon-based power plants – to process cryptocurrency – could pause environmental progress.

‘Unicorns’ are on the rise in emerging-market nations

Lourdes Casanova, the Gail and Rob Cañizares Director of the Emerging Markets Institute, and faculty fellow Anne Miroux will co-host the EMI Conference this week in the Verizon Executive Education Center at Cornell Tech.

President Pollack shares community updates

President Martha E. Pollack lauded faculty for recent honors, thanked donors for recent major gifts to Cornell and touted the university’s efforts on diversity and inclusion.