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On Thursday, the U.S. Labor Department reported the United States is still losing jobs at an alarming pace two months after the coronavirus pandemic took hold. That includes millions of people still out of work as upstate New York slowly starts to reopen its economy. New research suggests low-income renters are among the hardest hit.

The director of Cornell University’s prison education program is leading a campaign to provide more face masks to inmates across New York state.

The co-author of a new report on quid pro quo sexual harassment in the workplace says while there is a renewed general commitment to stronger accountability, much more needs to be done.

According to the World Health Organization, the most social acceptable prejudice in the world is ageism. Cornell University gerontologist Karl Pillemer said you don't have to look hard to find it.

A colorful collection of stellar new grape tomato varieties has been released by Cornell University's plant-breeding program.

Cornell University is offering a new, interactive, online tool to help people track climate change in their own counties.

New York grape breeders have produced a fruit that's so big and flavorful they've named it after Mount Everest.

A hot and humid end of summer could result in dampened fall colors in parts of New York this fall.

Over the past ten years, the High Road Fellowship has brought Cornell University undergraduates to Buffalo as part of a program to give the students the experience of working for locally-based economic groups.

Cornell University has announced new rules for its fraternities and sororities after reports of hazing.

Current U.S. immigration policies pose an economic threat to New York's struggling dairy industry, according to the director of a farmworker program at Cornell University.

New York wildlife researchers are taking a new approach to gathering citizen input to guide deer management objectives.

Real maple syrup is a sweet treat, but it often comes with a hefty price tag. This is why researchers are working to develop a new method to produce syrup.

It is no secret Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pushing for New York to invest more in hemp production and processing. On Wednesday, agriculture leaders are meeting at Cornell University's Ithaca campus in hopes of building upon early investments from the state.

Crews have started airdropping rabies vaccine baits throughout rural areas of Erie County as part of a broader initiative to reduce rabies in animals along the Eastern Seaboard and along the Canadian Border.

Five fixed-wing aircraft are distributing baits through August 20. Additional distribution efforts in late August and early September in some open areas of Buffalo and in nearby towns and villages.

New York State is planning to expand opportunities for college courses in some state prisons. However, one Republican Assemblymember is blasting the "handout to cons" as a publicity-grabber for the Governor.

The typical nine-to-five shift is no longer the norm for millions of workers as the gig economy continues to dramatically expand.

Cornell University trustees have chosen the provost of the University of Michigan as the Ivy League school's new president.

The Rich Family Foundation has donated $250,000 to a new partnership with Cornell University. The goal is to further the development of a safe and sustainable global food supply, through research and education.