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COVID video: ‘Things are a little less scary when you know more about them’

The video by Clara Liao '17 explains the basics of the virus, how it spreads and the importance of preventive measures.

Domestic violence victims at risk as Japan announces state of emergency

Earlier this week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency in major cities across the country in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. Abe asked people to refrain from going outside in Tokyo and six other prefectures worst hit by coronavirus.

PM Johnson’s hospitalization triggers concern of succession

On Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved into an intensive care unit after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. Johnson, who secured his premiership last December with a landslide victory for the Conservative Party, ran on a populist and pro-Brexit platform. As coronavirus started to spread in the country, Johnson initially opposed lockdown-type measures suggesting that a speedy spread of the virus would create “herd immunity.”

With Sanders out, can Biden win the Latino vote?

On April 8, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced that he is ending his presidential campaign, all but ensuring that former Vice President Joe Biden will face President Donald Trump in November.  

Campus work can provide fulfilling experiences

See a need on campus? Start a new club

Previously in these blogs I’ve written about how I became involved in a group I never thought I would join: HanChum Traditional Korean Dance Team. I joined the fall semester of my freshman year, and now I’m six semesters in and absolutely loving the experience. I’m not Korean, and I had never done any kind of traditional dancing.

Students create site to foster connection during quarantine

The matching tool site encourages diversity, so people can connect with others from a different part of the world, different culture or with new interests and insights.

Opinion: Let us not underestimate the pandemic’s economic fallout

The world has changed over the last three months in ways that no one anticipated, writes Kaushik Basu, professor of economics, in this opinion article in LiveMint. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world, he points out, and we have to wait for global health experts to analyze the full extent of the virus.

Data-Driven Exploration of Dynamic Biological Processes

Tackling challenges in understanding biological processes require sophisticated dimension-reduction techniques that are biologically meaningful, computationally efficient, and allow uncertainty quantification, says a

Investigating the Lived Experience

Noliwe M. Rooks, the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Literature in Africana Studies and the American Studies Program, knows that the lived experience can be the spark that leads to scientific insight and award-winning scholarly writing.

Advising seminars, other supports, help first-year students adjust

When Ray Thompson ’21 was a freshman coming to Cornell from Alabama, he couldn’t wait to be in a quad with a bunch of roommates — he and his siblings all had their own rooms at home. But, Thompson ended up in a single room in Clara Dickson Hall and worried a bit about making friends.

Professor, physician continues urgent care routine

Theatre professor and doctor David Feldshuh is continuing his work at Cayuga Medical Center.

Students face pandemic disruption with resilience

“When you give support, I find that it always comes back.”

Surveillance for health: Safeguards needed

As part of the nation’s record $2 trillion relief bill, Congress has set aside $500 million for the CDC to develop a “public health surveillance and data collection system” meant to track the spread of coronavirus. While it’s not clear what this system will look like or how it will function, it puts Americans on a historic path towards giving up certain privacies for the benefit of public health.

Faculty help hospitalized patients stay connected

Two Cornell professors have organized a project to bring computer tablets to the bedside of each patient at Cayuga Medical Center.