Immunotherapy, improving the odds

The news item from Cornell Research is about: For select patients, immunotherapies have shown dramatic results such as this, but many others don’t respond. Kristy L. Richards, Biomedical Sciences, wants to make immunotherapies work for more patients. With a joint appointment in Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine, she studies lymphoma, why some patients with the cancer respond to immunotherapies and others don’t, as well as which combination of treatments could improve survival

Baskin, Chang win Beckman Young Investigator Award

The news item from the Cornell Chronicle is about: Assistant Professor Pamela Chang in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology is one of eight assistant professors across the nation to be named a Beckman Young Investigator, a prize is given to promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences. The main purpose of the award, given by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, is to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open new avenues of research in science

Weill Cornell graduate school honors Avery August

This news item in the Cornell Chronicle is about: Avery August, professor of immunology and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, was awarded the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Award May 27

Surface mutation lets canine parvovirus jump to other species

The news item from the Cornell Chronicle is about: Canine parvovirus, or CPV, emerged as a deadly threat to dogs in the late 1970s, most likely the result of the direct transfer of feline panleukopenia or a similar virus from domesticated cats. CPV has since spread to wild forest-dwelling animals, including raccoons, and the transfer of the virus from domesticated to wild carnivores has been something of a mystery

Largest dog genetic study informs human diseases

The news item from the Cornell Chronicle is about: Cornell researchers have completed the largest genetic study of dogs to date, comprising the genetic analysis of 4,200 dogs. The study investigated 180,000 genetic markers, DNA sequences with a known physical location on a chromosome. Such markers can help link an inherited disease with the responsible gene

Gift renames veterinary college's farm animal hospital

This news item in the Cornell Chronicle is about: The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) announced today that it has received a gift from George Goldner and Nancy Krieg, animal lovers of creatures great and small.The college will name its farm animal hospital the Nemo Farm Animal Hospital in memory of the couple’s beloved pig. Nemo made headlines in 2013 as the first of his species to undergo a multidrug chemotherapy protocol for lymphoma, an aggressive form of blood cancer

What is really in the food your dog or cat is eating?

The news item from CNBC On The Money is about: The rate at which U.S. consumers open their wallet to feed their furry companions has become big business: Pet food alone is now an industry worth more than $26 billion and growing, according to IBIS World figures. That has led some experts to question the regulations that safeguard the industry—and ingredients being used. No one's really minding that store right now… It's left up to the consumer to know that it's safe, said Joseph J. Wakshlag, a veterinarian specializing in nutrition at Cornell University, told CNBC's On the Money in an interview

Symposium looks at veterinary medicine in public health

The news item from the Cornell Chronicle is about: The Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) hosted the seventh annual Veterinary Public Health Symposium Sept. 9-11. Organized by student members of the Cornell Veterinary Public Health Association, the symposium featured talks by a broad range of veterinarians, epidemiologists and public health officials. Speakers included: Drs. Gillian Perkins, Yrjo Grohn, Morgan Hennessey, Christine Hoang and Patrick McDonough

Zen-ing your research

This news item is about: You may have heard about the latest trend in higher education called flipping the classroom1,2. This is where non-classroom time is used to electronically deliver didactic lecture content and actual classroom time is used for a more constructive homework experience. It is a useful way to shake up otherwise stale models of when, where, and how we learn, and the students generally respond well to the breaking of a century-old regimen

Cornell graduate students march on Washington

The news item from the Cornell Chronicle is about: In 1988, Mario Roque was a young boy fleeing El Salvador with his family to escape civil war. Today, Roque is a student at Cornell Law School preparing to work in public service helping other immigrants. On April 20, Roque joined 11 Cornell graduate students and Weill Cornell Medicine students on Capitol Hill for a day of robust conversations on student loans, STEM education, immigration policy and the future of medicine