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January 16, 2026

After almost 50 years at Cornell – from an undergraduate student to a widely respected steward of Cornell’s land grant mission – Margaret Smith has been elected professor emerita.

January 14, 2026

Researchers review climate intervention strategies to cut emissions and improve oceanic health.

January 8, 2026

Today, the Center for Vertebrate Genomics released a new website for the CVG community, with more resources, events, announcements and publications.  We welcome your feedback on the new site! Contact us here.

January 5, 2026

Fischer investigates how cells detect and repair organelle damage, and how these processes influence inflammation and the progression of neurodegenerative disease.

December 17, 2025

A new study based on mathematical modeling reveals how parasites’ choice between using resources to replicate within hosts and transmitting to new mosquito and human hosts might limit their virulence.  

December 17, 2025

Cornell’s impact was felt near and far, from the lacrosse fields to research labs and beyond in a turbulent 2025.

December 15, 2025

When researchers "rewilded" lab mice to large, enclosed fields, even well-established anxieties in the mice disappeared. 

December 11, 2025

Manipulating mouse brains during sleep improved their ability to remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten – a finding with important implications for treating Alzheimer’s disease.

December 10, 2025

More than 20 years after its founding, the Center for Vertebrate Genomics (CVG) heard from a Cornellian who was there for its launch: President Michael I. Kotlikoff, who helped shape the university’s genomics landscape.

December 10, 2025

The federal research funding supporting projects across the university, including the development of a pediatric heart pump, has been restarted, but those lost months of work will have a lasting impact.

December 8, 2025

Horses exposed early in life to an allergen were less likely to react when exposed again later in life, according to a new study of Icelandic horses at Cornell.  

December 3, 2025

Scientists have outlined exactly how embryonic stem cells protect other cells from the effects of oxidative stress, thus preventing cellular aging.