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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...