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February 28, 2024
In February, Cornell University announced a $35 million gift to endow and name the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health at the university’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Yang’s endowment will expand the center’s efforts to advance science into policy and action, train future wildlife health leaders, and provide opportunities for student experiential learning.
February 21, 2024
A $35M gift from philanthropist Lisa Yang in support of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine will endow the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health and help expand its efforts to advance science into policy and action, train future wildlife health leaders, and provide opportunities for student experiential learning.
February 19, 2024
Scientists, including Cornell's Dr. Amandine Gamble, are watching closely to see whether avian influenza will reach Antarctica before this year’s penguin chicks disperse for the season.
February 14, 2024
Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine announced a gift of $35 million to support the Cornell Wildlife Health Center, which has been renamed to the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health in recognition of the scale of commitment to planetary health from the donor, Lisa Yang.
February 08, 2024
While the coronavirus pandemic reinvigorated the spotlight on One Health, the focus has generally been on wildlife and livestock. A study by Cornell researchers show that companion animals or peri-domestic wildlife can act as notable reservoirs for pathogens that may affect human health as well.
January 30, 2024
A transformational gift from philanthropist and Cornell alumna K. Lisa Yang ’74 will endow and rename the Cornell Wildlife Health Center as the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health at the College of Veterinary Medicine.
January 08, 2024
Cornell researchers have discovered coronaviruses in wild carnivores that had never been reported in these species before.
January 02, 2024
Cats occupy a distinct position in the ecological networks of companion animals, humans and peri-domestic species – wild and feral animals living near human habitations – according to a recent review article by a team of Cornell researchers.
December 28, 2023
A recent study led by Cornell researchers reveals how environmental changes such as climate change, land use change, and dams on the Mekong River threaten the future of local communities that depend on these ecosystems for their livelihoods and food security.
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November 27, 2023
This study led by Cornell researchers provides an overview of important toxicants to which honey bees are exposed; behavioral, husbandry, and external environmental factors influencing exposure; impacts of toxicant exposure on individual bee and colony health; and the convergent impacts of stress, nutrition, infectious disease, and toxicant exposures on colony health.