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With more than a billion active accounts worldwide, it can be easy to forget that some people don’t use Facebook. In fact, “non-use” of the social networking site is fairly common, according to new research by communication post-doc Eric P.S...

Did you know the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station has the world’s largest collection of apple varieties? It’s a pomological Noah’s Ark, with 2,500 varieties hailing from as far away as Kazakhstan, where apples first originated. The...

When it comes to climate change, a rose may not be a rose by any other name, after all. According to recent research by Jonathon Schuldt ’04, assistant professor of communication, the terms “global warming” and “climate change” have very...

How can a farmer increase yields while decreasing negative environmental impacts? For many, the answer has been the system of rice intensification (SRI), an interrelated set of farming principles that rely on fewer seeds, less water and a...

According to CALS professor of crop and soil sciences Bill Cox, warming climatic conditions in the North Country of New York have made the region more viable for soybean cultivation. As he explains, “It’s no longer too cool to produce soybeans...

Jerome K. Pasto, BS ’38 MS ’46 PhD ’50 (97), of State College, Penn., died on March 17. The former Cornell extension specialist also worked with the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and spent much of his career at...

Most insects we encounter on a daily basis are not pests. As the Cornell Garden-Based Learning blog points out, most are harmless or beneficial. In fact, out of the 800,000-1,000,000 species of insects that have been described so far, less than...

Walter H. Gutenmann ‘59 (80) of Buchanan, Mich., died on March 25. The research chemist worked at Cornell’s Toxic Chemicals Laboratory for more than 40 years. He was an avid gardener, fruit grower and beekeeper, known among his former...

Do you automatically equate “organic” with healthy? If so, you are not alone. According to a new study by the Food and Brand Lab, published in the journal Food Quality and Preference, people generally consider organic food healthier, better...

In the battle against thrips, Cornell breeder Martha Mutschler-Chu has developed a new weapon: a tomato that packs a powerful one-two punch to deter the pests and counter the killer viruses they transmit. The “dual resistant” insect and virus...

Could the state’s valuable apple crops be saved from the region’s unpredictable weather by… wind machines? According to an article in the Albany Times-Union, enormous propane-powered fans outfitted with 12-foot blades are being installed on...

With warmer weather approaching, New Yorkers and people all across the Northeast are bracing for the coming of the Emerald Ash Borer or EAB. EAB is an invasive, exotic insect that quickly kills all ash trees once it becomes established in an...

Natural Resources undergraduate Evan Barrientos documents work in environmental education done by Ninos y Crias, an environmental nonprofit in Yucatán, Mexico, and its significance to the conservation of nature.

The Goichman name has been associated with Cornell’s enology and viticulture program since 2009, when businessman Larry Goichman ‘66 and his wife, Jennifer, endowed the first professorship of enology and viticulture at the New York State...

Melissa Warden hopes to better understand behavior and psychiatric conditions by probing the brains of rodents – using pond scum and pulses of light. The newest addition to the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Warden will be aided in her...