When we think of antibiotic overuse, we don’t generally think of allergies. Research is beginning to suggest that maybe we should.
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Cornell University is an Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge — from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the applied. These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell’s motto, a popular 1865 Ezra Cornell quotation: “I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.”
The university is broadly organized into seven undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions at its main Ithaca campus, with each college and division defining its own admission standards and academic programs in near autonomy. The university also administers two satellite medical campuses, one in New York City and one in Education City, Qatar. Cornell is one of three private land grant universities. Of its seven undergraduate colleges, three are state-supported statutory or contract colleges, including its agricultural and veterinary colleges. As a land grant college, it operates a cooperative extension outreach program in every county of New York and receives annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions. The Cornell University Ithaca Campus comprises 745 acres, but in actuality, is much larger due to the Cornell Plantations (more than 4,300 acres) as well as the numerous university owned lands in New York.
Since its founding, Cornell has been a co-educational, non-sectarian institution where admission is offered irrespective of religion or race. Cornell counts more than 245,000 living alumni, 34 Marshall Scholars, 29 Rhodes Scholars and 44 Nobel laureates as affiliated with the university. The student body consists of nearly 14,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate students from all 50 American states and 122 countries.
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Agroecological techniques that mimic nature – the antithesis of GMOs and high-cost fertilizers – have made farmers in developing countries more resilient to extreme weather.
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Contrary to what some think, the battle against sexism in STEM has not been won, let alone reversed in favor of women.
An academic asks: whom should we teach? What should we teach? How should we teach?
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Female faculty are far more likely to be seen as less smart than their male counterparts in student evaluations. How damaging are such comments?
Should you pursue the major that you have a passion for, or one that is considered “hot” for getting a job with a high salary?
Even though America claims to be a society based on hard work and meritocracy, rewards go only to those with the right college degree.
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Liberal learning is in crisis and the onus is now on its proponents to show how it is relevant to students’ personal, professional and political lives.
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, Cornell University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Cornell University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
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Associate Professor of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Microbiology, Cornell University
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Associate Professor of Communication and Social Behavior, Cornell University
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Professor of International Studies, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor, Houston Methodist Research Institute
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Professor of Practice, Cornell University
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Associate Professor of Microbiology, Cornell University
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Postdoctoral Associate in Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University
