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March 8, 2021 Three faculty members – investigating topics ranging from microbes secreted by beetles that preserve carcasses, to improving type-2 diabetes treatments in adolescent girls in low-income homes, to developing new biodegradable metallic surgical implants – are winners of 2021 Schwartz Research Funds for Women and other Underrepresented Faculty in the Life Sciences. Tory Hendry The awards, made possible through support from Joan Poyner Schwartz ’65 and Ronald H. Schwartz ’65, went to Tory Hendry, assistant professor of microbiology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sc...

February 24, 2021 Nominations are being accepted for the annual Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service Through Diversity. The award recognizes tenured and tenure-track faculty at Cornell for their leadership in diversity. “This award honors Cornell faculty for their contributions to diversity – based on their research or creative work, teaching and mentoring, and service or outreach – that paved the way for transformational change in their academic discipline,” said Yael Levitte, associate vice provost for faculty development and diversity. The award defines di...