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There are many fun and educational events coming up in Tompkins County.

In between music acts at the 35th Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival, four scientists explained the core of making apples to the Ithaca Commons Pavilion crowd Oct. 1.

About 300 schoolchildren jammed all corners of Public School 21 as part of the 10th annual 4-H National Youth Science Day that reached an estimated 100,000 schoolchildren in 50 states.

Small grants program gives graduate students chance to write and review proposals and implement a research plan of their own design.

Hundreds of fruit fans stopped by Cornell’s Society of Horticulture festival booth Sept. 29-Oct. 1 for a taste of the future.

Much like swim tests, Dragon Day or celebrating Theodore Zinck, the pumpkin mystery is woven into the fabric of Cornell history.

More than 70 Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (ESS) majors turned Minns Garden into an ephemeral art gallery Sept. 29, celebrating the biodiversity of the site.

Our international programs helped support the participation of 12 farmers from Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and the Self-Help Women’s Association Group in Gujarat, India, during South Asia’s largest farmer-to-farmer fair.

It takes about about 280,000 pounds of apples grown in Ithaca and at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York, to make 20,000 gallons of classic Cornell Orchards cider.

A forum in downtown Ithaca with faculty, staff and partners offered stories of experiences and answered questions about implementing community-engaged initiatives

The introductory online course addresses climate science literacy.

The research is providing an unprecedented glimpse into the life of king salmon, allowing Cornell researchers to understand the behavior and movement of adult king salmon with more precision than ever possible before.

Psychological distress can take a toll on more than just health. It can also significantly damage nest eggs, according to a new study by a Cornell financial economist and her co-author.

The consortium aims to address a variety of issues impacting the lakes’ ecology, such as harmful algal blooms and invasive species.