Researchers uncover how plant skin is assembled
05.21.2012
The findings have agricultural implications, since understanding the basic biology of plant skins opens the door for researchers to develop therapies to prevent plant diseases.

Researchers develop food aid decision-making tool
05.18.2012
Cornell researchers have developed a tool to help international relief organizations cater food aid responses to specific situations.

Neurobiologist Robert Capranica dies at 81
05.17.2012
Robert Capranica, a professor emeritus in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, died in his home in Tucson, Ariz., May 11.

Students create veggie cubes and more for contests
05.17.2012
Food science students developed a series of products this year as part of national competitions.

New environmental science and sustainability major launches
05.16.2012
In 2013-14, the new major, environmental science and sustainability, will launch in the Department of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Grad students help Ugandan girls recover from war
05.15.2012
Five fellows pursuing master's degrees in public administration recently spent a week in Uganda helping young mothers abused by soldiers led by fugitive rebel commander Joseph Kony.

Miller, Wiedmann elected fellows of global group
05.15.2012
Professors Dennis Miller and Martin Wiedmann will be among 22 people inducted into the International Academy of Food Science and Technology this August in Iguassu Falls, Brazil.

Climate warming could affect diseases in NYC
05.14.2012
Professors Drew Harvell and Laura Harrington told media that climate change can could cause more disease in New York City, at an event May 8.

Edible 'stop signs' in food may halt overeating
05.14.2012
An experiment found that adding a colored potato chip in a tube of chips helped subjects eat fewer chips and accurately keep track of what they had eaten.

Urban Eden students transform ILR courtyard
05.10.2012
Students in Creating the Urban Eden have given the courtyard at the ILR School a total makeover with a new garden - that includes bananas and bamboo.

As population exploded, more rare genes entered human genome
05.10.2012
As the population of people on Earth has skyrocketed since the rise of agriculture some 10,000 years ago - to 7 billion people from a few million - so too has the number of rare genetic variants.

Expert: Fracking, if done right, is great for country
05.09.2012
John Deutch, former chair of an Obama shale gas subcommittee, said that fracking, if done right, could enormously benefit the country, in a lecture on campus May 8.

Breeder works to reduce aluminum toxicity in rice
05.07.2012
Professor Susan McCouch is working to identify and develop rice varieties that are more tolerant to aluminum.

'Brown revolution' needed to improve soil health
05.07.2012
A new effort on campus aims to coordinate collaboration among researchers interested in a Sustainable Land Management group that would foster a 'brown revolution' to improve soil health worldwide.

Killer T-cells found to counter obesity-related diabetes
05.07.2012
A recent Cornell-led study has found that a type of immune cells, called natural killer T cells, plays a powerful role in reducing obesity-related inflammation and improving insulin resistance.

Greenhouse scientists show that soil mix and light matter
05.07.2012
Greenhouse scientists educate researchers and others on such details as potting mix and light to create the best experimental conditions.

Prenatal choline can ease baby's stress
05.03.2012
More choline during pregnancy can reduce a fetus's response to stress and may cut a child's chances of developing hypertension and diabetes later in life, reports a new study.

Town of Caroline wins annual sustainability award
05.02.2012
The town of Caroline was awarded the 2012 Cornell University Partners in Sustainability Award May 1 for its green initiatives.

Middle class better off than previously thought
05.01.2012
Long portrayed as stagnant, the income growth of the U.S. middle class may be more than 10 times greater than previously suggested by some economists, according to Cornell research.

New manual to biocontrol alfalfa beetle available
05.01.2012
To control the destructive alfalfa snout beetle, researchers have posted a manual online to inform farmers how raise and apply microscopic worms. This biocontrol method has proven effective.

Students offer design suggestions for tech campus
04.30.2012
In class projects, landscape architecture and real estate students teamed up to create designs of the built environment for the CornellNYC Tech campus.

Cornell Big Red Cheddar to go on sale in fall
04.30.2012
This fall, there will be a new big cheese on campus. Cornell Big Red Cheddar is slated to hit campus eateries and the shelves of the Cornell Store in November.

Cornell releases two new raspberry varieties
04.30.2012
Double Gold and Crimson Night are new raspberries that are well suited for small-scale growers and home gardeners who want showy, flavorful raspberries on vigorous, disease resistant plants.

Alumni panel says global recovery has challenges
04.26.2012
An alumni panel of experts discussed the nation's legacy of debt and future of global recovery at a Cornell Wall Street event April 24 in Washington, D.C.

Grants fund research from body odor to democracy
04.24.2012
Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small-grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support.

Light for Africa wins Big Idea competition
04.24.2012
Undergraduates won prizes for Big Ideas and alumni honored Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year John Alexander '74, MBA '76, April 19-20.

Students win 2012 Dairy Challenge
04.24.2012
Four Cornell students won first place awards and $200 scholarships at the two-day North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge.

'Why Calories Count' weighs in on food and politics
04.23.2012
Co-authored by Malden Nesheim, professor emeritus of nutritional sciences, the book explains in clear, accessible language what calories are and how they work, biologically and politically.

Scientists discuss light, art, nature
04.23.2012
A host of Cornell scientists participated in LUX, a light, art and nature exhibition with speakers April 21 in Milstein Hall auditorium.

'Accidental entrepreneur' discusses key to success
04.23.2012
John Alexander '74, MBA '76, 2012 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year, reflected on his career as founder of CBORD group and philanthropy at April 19 celebration.

New CARE-Cornell partnership to fight global concerns
04.19.2012
Cornell and the global humanitarian organization CARE will fight poverty among the world's most vulnerable populations and create solutions for global concerns, including world hunger and climate change.

Thirteen University Courses to be offered in 2012-13
04.19.2012
In 2012-13, Cornell will offer 13 University Courses designed to teach students to think from the perspectives of multiple disciplines, across departments and among diverse fields of study.

President Skorton addresses area service clubs
04.19.2012
During his annual address April 18 to representatives of local service clubs and the university, President David Skorton enumerated the ways in which Cornell takes its public service role seriously.

Sea Grant partners with Great Lakes consortium
04.18.2012
New York Sea Grant Extension at Cornell has partnered with the Great Lakes Research Consortium to broaden their outreach and resources.

Pell stresses need to boost international engagement
04.18.2012
Vice Provost Alice Pell and Professor Sarosh Kuruvilla discussed Cornell's international education, research and initiatives at the Cornell Club in New York City April 12.

Blalock, Hancock are new house deans on West Campus
04.17.2012
Jeffrey Hancock, associate professor of communication, will live in Keeton House. Garrick Blalock, associate professor of applied economics and management, will move to Flora Rose House.

Adam Siepel receives Guggenheim fellowship
04.17.2012
Adam Siepel, associate professor of biological statistics and computational biology, has received a Guggenheim fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Compounds shared by all worms may lead to parasite treatment
04.16.2012
Researchers discover a class of small molecules that all nematodes use to signal many processes could help prevent and treat worm parasites that widely infect humans, animals and crops.

Hudler named 2012-13 Menschel teaching fellow
04.12.2012
To expand on his teaching innovations, Cornell plant pathologist George Hudler has been named Cornell's Menschel Distinguished Teaching Fellow for 2012-13.

Big Idea finalists include soda bottle lighting
04.11.2012
Eight teams of Cornell undergraduates are preparing for their presentations to win this year's Big Idea competition, proposals for businesses and nonprofits.

Matthiessen to address big oil, climate change refugees
04.10.2012
Author Peter Matthiessen will present the 2012 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture on 'Big Oil and Our First Climate Change Refugees,' April 23 at 4:30 p.m. in Statler Auditorium.

Interest in gourmet fungi is mushrooming
04.10.2012
Agroforestry experts are encouraging farmers to get into fungi, particularly shiitake and lion's mane mushrooms. Camp Mushroom at the Arnot Teaching and Research Forest, April 13-14, will show them how.

Experts suggest grazing cows, sheep, ducks in forests
04.09.2012
Putting livestock into forests to graze could prove to be a valuable tool for New York woodland management, and experts hope silvopasturing will appeal to farmers who could benefit from the practice.

$650,000 bequest will benefit Mann and CALS
04.09.2012
A $650,000 bequest from the late Professor Emerita Helen L. Wardeberg will support scholarships for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' transfer students and Mann Library services and purchases.

Combat makes for gun-shy investors, study says
04.09.2012
A study finds that veterans who have experienced battle choose less risky - and therefore less profitable - investments than peers who have no combat experience.

Expert bugged by lack of women in entomology
04.04.2012
Entomologist May Berenbaum, department head at the University of Illinois, discussed the lack of women in her field April 3 as part of the two-day Frontiers Symposium of leading women life scientists.

New app signals that endangered whales are nearby
04.04.2012
The free app, called Whale Alert, provides key information intended to reduce the risk of ships hitting endangered right whales.

Two students are 2012 Goldwater scholars
04.03.2012
Julian Homburger '13 and Adam Izraelevitz '13 are among this year's recipients of Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, which support college students intent on careers in science, math or engineering.

Novel approach to curing crop diseases tested
04.02.2012
A grant is funding experiments on using sugar to kill aphids and other agriculturally important pests delivered by genetically engineered plants.

Dudley receives Champions of Change award from White House
03.30.2012
Mary Jo Dudley, director of the Cornell Farmworker Program, was honored by the White House as a Cesar Chavez 'Champion of Change' March 29.

Student researchers help discover world's smallest frog
03.29.2012
In 2008, a trip to Papua New Guinea by two Cornell undergraduates and a recent graduate led to entries in the Guinness Book of World Records and a groundbreaking research paper.

NYC science teachers learn ways to get students involved
03.28.2012
About 50 middle and high school teachers attended the Cornell Science Sampler Series, a free workshop to give teachers ideas for hands-on activities to inspire their students in science.

Bird ranges shift north, but not as fast as climate
03.27.2012
It takes about 35 years for North American birds to catch up to climate change and change their habitats, according to a new study.

New alfalfa variety could be big boost to dairy industry
03.27.2012
Dairy farmers could see a boost in milk production, thanks to a new alfalfa variety to be released by Cornell's world-class plant breeders.

Berry growers cautioned about new insect pest
03.27.2012
Late last summer, extension specialists acknowledged the arrival of the spotted wing drosophila in New York state. This tiny fruit fly may spark big changes for growers of berries in the Northeast.

Warmer summers could shrink trout populations
03.26.2012
New research shows that warmer summer temperatures could cause trout populations in New York state to dwindle.

$3M from HUD to help 'green' up older NYC housing
03.22.2012
Cornell is part of a partnership with $3 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to test new energy-saving approaches in older housing developments in New York City.

Dyson School ranked No. 3 by Businessweek
03.21.2012
Cornell's Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management ranks No. 3 in Bloomberg Businessweek's 2012 ranking of 'The Best Undergraduate Business Schools.'

Stinky flower attracts attention to Cornell
03.21.2012
The stinky bloom of a rare corpse plant attracts thousands to Cornell as the university opened its greenhouse doors to the public and live-streamed the event through two separate feeds.

Rakow tells 92nd St. Y the value of botanical gardens
03.20.2012
Botanical gardens and arboreta play many roles in local communities, stressed Donald Rakow, director of Cornell Plantations, in a talk at New York City's 92nd Street Y March 14.

Mice hitched a ride with Vikings to the West
03.19.2012
A new study finds that the mice who accompanied humans in their dispersal across Earth prove to be an ideal way to document human migration.

Student group FACES raises epilepsy awareness
03.19.2012
Kaitlin Hardy '12, a sufferer of seizures, founded a student organization that raises awareness of the disorder on campus and in the community, and runs Cornell's only student-run lab.

New and inexpensive genomics method takes off
03.19.2012
Less than a year after after publication, a technique - genotyping-by-sequencing - to analyze genetic information is taking off because the method is cheap and easy, and it generates terabytes of data.

Symposium invites leading women life scientists
03.15.2012
'Frontiers in the Life Sciences - a Symposium Celebrating Excellence' will bring eight elite female life scientists to campus for lectures, mentoring, networking and discussions April 2-3.

Student researches Ethiopian farmers' preferences
03.15.2012
Master's student Katie Nelson surveyed Ethiopian farmers about highly sought-after traits in new wheat varieties in an attempt to quantify wheat-breeding priorities of specific populations.

Atkinson Center offers two new graduate students grants
03.14.2012
Graduate students win new sustainability grants for research on biogeochemical processes related to climate science and research on sustainable biodiversity.

Sustainable agriculture recurrent theme at CALS
03.13.2012
Cornell has future generations in mind as it helps students prepare for careers in agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is not only taught in the classroom but students have hands on learning opportunities at Dilmun Hill Student Farm and other locations.

Rare corpse flower blooms on campus
03.13.2012
Rare corpse flower is about to bloom in Cornell's Kenneth Post Laboratory, an event that has been recorded only 140 times.

Cornell announces results of campus conservation contest
03.13.2012
The Alpha Xi Delta sorority knocked the competition's lights out as grand champions in Cornell's bid in an energy saving contest.

The more types of foods served, the more you'll eat
03.12.2012
The wider the variety of foods served at a meal, the more a person will eat, reports new Cornell research. Conversely, a 'one-pot' dish, such as a stir-fry, will cut down on the amount consumed.

Gil Hanse will design Rio Olympic golf course
03.12.2012
Landscape architect Gil Hanse, MLA '89, won the bid to design an environmentally sensitive golf course for the 2016 Olympics with CALS professor Frank Rossi.

Honeybees and humans share drive to explore
03.12.2012
A new study in Science reveals that honeybees that scout for new food sources or nest sites have patterns of gene activity in their brains known to be associated with novelty-seeking in humans.

DNANO Systems moves to McGovern Center
03.08.2012
Cornell's biotechnology business incubator has just welcomed another client: DNANO Systems LLC.

Reproductive problems, death in animals exposed to fracking
03.07.2012
A new report has found dozens of cases of illness, death and reproductive issues in farm animals, pets and other wildlife, as well as humans.

Student instructors go to the dogs and learn to mush
03.07.2012
Four undergraduates and two staff leaders spent a week dogsledding, camping and skiing in northern Minnesota on a Cornell Outdoor Education trip in early January.

Alexis Werth '13 to attend Clinton conference
03.07.2012
Alexis Werth '13 will attend the Clinton Global Initiative March 30-April 1 to share research she conducted for the Cornell Farmworker Program.

February was fourth-warmest since 1895
03.07.2012
It was the warmest February in the Northeast since 1998 and the fourth warmest since 1895, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center.

Partitions is focus of exhibit and symposium
03.06.2012
At the 'Lines of Control' March 3-4 symposium, speakers discussed how the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art exhibit by the same name addresses issues related to countries being partitioned.

Strawberry lovers: Check out Purple Wonder
03.05.2012
Cornell's newest and darkest strawberry variety - Purple Wonder - will make its debut at the Philadelphia International Flower Show March 5. It is a burgundy berry.

Cornell professors challenge hydrofracking study
03.02.2012
A Cornell study's contention that hydraulic fracturing would be worse for climate change than burning coal is being challenged by another study, also by Cornell researchers.

Bacterial gene found in coffee insect pest
02.29.2012
A bacterial gene from a coffee pest's gut has evidently become a permanent part of the insect's genome, researchers have recently discovered.

Five undergrads win Nielsen Case Competition
02.29.2012
Five Cornell undergraduates won the 2012 Nielsen Case Competition in Tampa, Fla., Feb. 24. They proposed ways to measure social media as a supplement to Nielsen's TV diaries.

Extension helps Big Apple go green
02.29.2012
Cornell's Cooperative Extension-NYC's 'Living Green' program is teaching residents in 30 affordable housing residential buildings how to live 'greener' and more healthfully.

Parasites may evolve to exploit gender differences in hosts
02.28.2012
A Cornell postdoctoral researcher proposes that parasite evolution may be behind cases where certain disease-causing parasites favor one sex over the other in a host species.

Weill Cornell center is model of collaboration
02.27.2012
The Clinical and Translational Science Center at Weill Cornell Medical College harnesses resources of many institutions in New York to promote research from lab bench to bedside and to the community.

Committee asks for feedback on academic calendar
02.27.2012
An ad hoc committee is seeking feedback from the Cornell community on its proposed changes to the academic calendar.

Speaker urges consumers to get political about their food
02.21.2012
In discussing the politics and science of calories Feb. 20 as the inaugural Wolitzer Nutrition Seminar speaker, nutrition expert Marion Nestle urged consumers to get more political about their food.

CU-ADVANCE celebrates major accomplishments
02.21.2012
With the CU-ADVANCE Center's five-year grant period drawn to a close, its leaders point to the many ways its goals have been met, but also what more needs to be done.

NYC extension aims to change how Muslims eat
02.21.2012
Extension educators in New York City are changing the way that people at mosques, senior centers and soup kitchens eat by giving free nutrition workshops and sidewalk education.

Honeycomb structure responsible for bacteria's sense
02.20.2012
Cornell researchers have peered into the complex network of receptors that give bacteria the ability to sense their environment and respond to chemical changes as small as 1 part in 1,000.

New wheat varieties resist global wheat threat
02.20.2012
Ravi Singh, a Cornell adjunct professor, said how wheat varieties are being developed rapidly to combat a global threat at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Feb. 16-20.

$1 million bequest to boost agricultural sciences
02.20.2012
Marcia Stofman Morton '61 has announced she will leave a $1 million bequest to Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; most of it will benefit agricultural sciences.

Senior wins 2012 Gates Cambridge Scholarship
02.20.2012
A Cornell senior, Brittany Chao '12, has received a 2012 Gates Cambridge Scholarship, one of 40 selected out of 750 U.S. applicants.

Ingested nanoparticles could be harmful to health
02.16.2012
Billions of engineered nanoparticles in foods and pharmaceuticals are ingested by humans daily, and new Cornell research warns they may be more harmful to health than previously thought.

Farmers team up with food banks to feed the hungry
02.16.2012
Collaborators on the Cornell Gleaning Project are discovering ways to help farmers efficiently harness the leftover crops that they don't sell to donate to food banks.

BREAD grant research to tackle plant viral diseases
02.15.2012
A team of international researchers is working to tackle the global problem of plant viral diseases that are spread by insects, thanks to close to $1 million in funding.

Soybeans can grow in New York, thanks to climate change
02.15.2012
Preliminary research suggests that soybeans, usually a more southern crop, can be grown successfully in New York as a result of climate change. Field trials are underway.

Engineered beans show promise for Africa
02.13.2012
Green beans native to Africa but bred and grown at Cornell hold the promise of generating higher-paying crops for sub-Saharan farmers.

Borlaug fellow starts food science program in India
02.13.2012
A 2006 Borlaug fellow from India has taken what he learned while at Cornell and established a food science and technology program in India.

Teaching vineyard to partner with community college
02.13.2012
A new 2.5-acre teaching vineyard will open in Yates County in cooperation with Finger Lakes Community College.

Life science incubator welcomes first client
02.10.2012
A Feb. 9 celebration marked the opening of Cornell's McGovern Family Center for Venture Development, and the arrival of its first client, Glycobia Inc.

Professor Mark Bain dies at age 56
02.10.2012
Mark B. Bain, professor of systems ecology in Cornell's Department of Natural Resources, died Feb. 8 at the age of 56.

Week of events on climate change marks Darwin Days 2012
02.09.2012
A week of events Feb. 12-18 will celebrate the 203rd birthday of Charles Darwin and his ideas under the theme of climate change.

Doctoral student to raise money for abandoned kids
02.07.2012
Barrett Keene, Ph.D. '13, is walking from Miami to San Francisco. En route, he will raise money and awareness for poor children and conduct dissertation research on teacher-leaders.

Join the Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb. 17-20
02.07.2012
This year's annual Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb. 17-20, may yield unusual results with lack of snow cover, experts suggest. The event is open to the public.

Workshop helps research vessels with trawling
02.06.2012
Cornell's Biological Field Station on Oneida Lake is a springboard for research in fisheries and aquatic ecology in New York state and place for such workshops as a November one on trawling.

Partnership with IC benefits education students
02.06.2012
A new agreement will allow Cornell students who want to make teaching their career the option of completing their master's degree at Ithaca College.

Towns call on DesignConnect for solutions
02.02.2012
Through DesignConnect, Cornell graduate and undergraduate students work in interdisciplinary teams to solve design problems for upstate New York communities.

Research boosts maple syrup production
01.31.2012
Cornell-developed techniques to limit bacteria in maple tree taps are leading to increased sap quantity and quality for New York's $12.3 million maple industry.

Qi wins prestigious American Diabetes Association award
01.31.2012
Ling Qi, a researcher who studies the response of fat cells to stress and its relationship to obesity and type 2 diabetes, received a prestigious award from the American Diabetes Association.

eCornell named a top leadership training companies
01.30.2012
eCornell, which offers online professional and executive development courses, has been named to Training Industry Inc.'s list of Top 20 Leadership Training Companies for the third consecutive year.

Campus Area Farms offer lots of living lab space
01.30.2012
Campus Area Farms, operated by Cornell's Agricultural Experiment Station, offers researchers 352 acres - patchwork of 11 small farms - for test plots.

Volunteers sought for simulated Mars mission
01.26.2012
Cornell is working with the University of Hawai'i-Manoa to conduct a three-year NASA study on the diets and food issues of six volunteers who spend four months in a simulated Mars habitat.

Faculty members honored as inspiring teachers
01.26.2012
Cornell professors George Hudler, Ravi Ramakrishna and Yervant Terzian have been recognized for distinguished teaching with Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowships.

Librarians share cyber info in India
01.25.2012
Four Cornell librarians and information technologists conferred with counterparts in India at a workshop on information literacy. An outcome is that Indian librarians will come to campus.

Cornell leads Ivy League in Peace Corps recruits
01.25.2012
With 58 undergraduate alumni serving in the Peace Corps, Cornell ranks No. 4 on the top Peace Corps volunteer-producing colleges and universities among medium-sized institutions.

Imaging live mouse spinal cord will aid trauma therapy
01.24.2012
A study describes an imaging technique that allows researchers to observe a live mouse's spinal cord continuously over time to gain understanding for treating spinal injuries.

CALS plant pathologists put the squeeze on citrus disease
01.18.2012
Genetically engineered orange trees developed by college of Agriculture and Life Sciences' scientists to fight a deadly bacterial citrus disease in Florida will soon be put to the test.

Method identifies mutations that drive genetic diseases
01.18.2012
For the first time, a new computational method allows researchers to identify which specific molecular mechanisms are altered by genetic mutations in proteins that lead to disease.

Algae may be sustainable alternative for animal feed
01.18.2012
Researchers are testing the algae that's a biofuel byproduct as a protein-rich source of feed to supplement or replace some corn and soybean meal mix traditionally given to food-producing animals.

Study uncovers how DNA unfolds for transcription
01.16.2012
Cornell geneticists expand on their previous work that showed how compacted DNA unravels prior to transcription.

Rugged new strawberry has a hint of pineapple
01.12.2012
Herriot is a new tasty strawberry variety with high yields, vigor, disease resistance, eye appeal and a hint of pineapple flavor.

Wasp rediscovered after almost 100 years
01.12.2012
Two tiny wasps have been found in Geneva, N.Y.: One hasn't been seen on this continent since its initial discovery by Cornell scientists in 1915, and the other has never been seen here.

Trevor Pinch edits 'The Handbook of Sound Studies'
01.12.2012
'The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies' looks at the impact and changing impact of sounds in a variety of public and private spaces throughout history.

Soon for sale? Ethnic veggies like maxixe and shiso
01.11.2012
The Cornell Vegetable Program is looking at how to promote the growing and marketing of such ethnic vegetables as shiso, maxixe, tasoi and komatsuna.

Land-grant schools are democracy's colleges
01.10.2012
Associate professor of education Scott Peters is helping to lead a national effort to deepen the civic identities of American educational institutions via the American Commonwealth Partnership.

TEEAL Electronic library resource expands its reach
01.09.2012
El Salvador and Guatemala join 84 other countries that now have access to The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library project, run out of Cornell's Mann Library.

Susan Henry receives state's highest agriculture honor
01.09.2012
Susan Henry, professor and former dean of Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been awarded the highest honor bestowed by the New York State Agricultural Society.

Willow biofuels program ignites with new boiler
01.06.2012
The willow bioenergy program has a new $950,000 grant for breeding willow and installing a boiler to heat two buildings at Cornell's experiment station in Geneva.

Strep-resistant fire blight found in New York orchards
01.06.2012
Cornell plant pathologists are warning New York apple and pear growers after discovering that a strain of fire blight is resistant to traditional treatments.

Revolutionary tool will methodically track ocean populations
01.05.2012
Oceanographer Chuck Greene is working to optimize an ocean-observing tool to collect and transmit ecosystem data to his desktop in real time, tracking the ocean like the weather.

Technology tracks birds visiting feeders
01.05.2012
RFID technology repurposed for tracking birds automates data collection, requiring scientists to spend only a few hours a week tending to feeders wired with tracking technology.

Jillian Cohen named a 2012 Knauss fellow
01.05.2012
The doctoral student in Cornell's Department of Natural Resources, will spend one year working for the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources as a Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow for 2012.

How you plate food for kids matters
01.05.2012
How you plate food for kids matters, reports a study in Acta Paediatrica. Children are most attracted to food plates with seven different items and six colors; adults prefer only three of each.

Researchers discover a compound that controls Listeria
01.03.2012
Cornell researchers have identified a compound called fluoro-phenyl-styrene-sulfonamide that is safe for mammals but stops Listeria in its tracks.