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Cornell researchers are studying solar leasing on farmland in New York to better understand the economic, legal, and community issues associated with solar energy initiatives.

Food insecurity can be blamed on unemployment economics rather than on coronavirus hot spots, doctoral candidate Anne Byrne said in testimony Sept. 9 before at a New York State Assembly hearing.

Scientists will gather virtually Oct. 7-9 for the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative’s virtual technical conference to discuss strategies to safeguard the health of wheat, one of the planet’s most important food sources.

Indicative of the coronavirus era, Cornell next month will be among the first universities to receive an accreditation visit via Zoom.

The National Science Foundation recently awarded Margaret Frank, assistant professor of plant biology, a $1.3 million Faculty Early Career Development Program grant for her study of mRNA communication in plants.

When fall semester instruction begins online and in person Sept. 2, the 3,296 members of Cornell’s Class of 2024 just might be the most nimble group in the university’s history.

Ascribe Bioscience, a Cornell-based startup and UNY I-Corps alumni, has won a $750,000 National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Phase II award.

Morgan Irons is about to help make space-exploration history – and all she needed was a shovel and some dirt.

Cornell has awarded Stewart’s Dairy in Saratoga Springs top honors in New York state’s annual fluid milk competition, conducted on behalf of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.

Fall 2020 marks the second year of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences peer-mentoring program, developed to support incoming first-generation students and decrease racial disparities in academic achievement.