The news item from the Cornell Chronicle is about: Wildlife ecologist Shirley Atkinson speaks at the Reunion Weekend 2017 panel Wildlife Health Cornell: Because We Need Nature, and Nature Needs Us in Statler Auditorium. We need nature – and nature needs us. It’s a novel approach to wildlife conservation and the founding principle of a new initiative from the College of Veterinary Medicine. Led by some of the world’s top wildlife health experts, Wildlife Health Cornell seeks a healthier future for wildlife by promoting the well-being of animals, people and the natural world we share. A Reunion Weekend panel June 9, co-sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medicine and the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, introduced Wildlife Health Cornell and four members of its research and policy team: Steven Osofsky, Martin Gilbert, Shirley Atkinson and Beth Bunting, from Cornell’s Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences. More than 100 Cornell alumni, staff and veterinary students attended the session at Statler Auditorium.