Even before she took office in 2019, Zarifa Ghafari – the youngest and one of the only female mayors to serve in Afghanistan – became a target of the Taliban. She survived multiple assassination attempts, and in 2020, her father was fatally shot outside his home.

Many individuals seeking asylum in the United States show increased stress and pain symptoms that are associated with indications of cardiovascular disease, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

A small delegation of Cornell faculty, staff and students attended COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan in November, where they advocated for cross-cutting partnerships to help countries achieve climate goals.

Faculty from the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health in the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, in partnership with the University of Pretoria in South Africa, have received an NIH P20 grant to establish the Center for Transformative Infectious Disease Research on Climate, Health and Equity in a Changing Environment (C-CHANGE).

Cornell researchers develop affordable test for iron deficiency, which affects 2 billion people, disproportionately impacting women of childbearing age as well as infants and young children.

“Houston highlights how immigrant rights can be advanced in a place resistant to change,” writes Shannon Gleeson in a new coauthored book.

Companies in China that self-regulate to lessen harmful social practices – an increasingly prevalent strategy – are more likely to attract reputation-sensitive buyers and increase their exports to the Western world, new Cornell research finds.

Two alums are leading an effort to give Rwandan farmers the tools to grow and sell grains - with the ultimate goal of lifting communities out of poverty and improving food security across East Africa.

Challenges women face accessing agricultural technology took center stage at a World Food Prize side event organized by the U.S. Department of State Office of Agricultural Policy and featuring expertise from Cornell’s Feed the Future Insect-Resistant Eggplant Partnership.

The College of Architecture, Art and Planning has established the Ratan N. Tata Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of the decades-long philanthropy of the late Ratan Tata ’59, B.Arch. ’62, a former Cornell trustee and renowned business leader.