University File Photo Eric Shatt, farm manager at Cornell Orchards, inspects the flowering buds on apple trees in late April 2013 Punxsutawney Phil – the prognosticating groundhog who famously foretells the arrival of spring – may need a new job...
Two female researchers in the College of Veterinary Medicine, an epidemiologist and a bacteriologist, have received awards for their cutting-edge work The annual Schwartz Research Fund for Women in Life Sciences, endowed by Joan Poyner Schwartz ’65 and...
Provided A screenshot of the Habitat Network app If you install solar panels on your roof and avoid dousing your lawn with chemicals and pesticides, your online peers may consider you to be environmentally friendly But this street cred can all be erased...
GreenStar Community members discuss food issues GreenStar Community Projects and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (CCE-Tompkins) are hosting a gathering and meal to encourage networking among local food providers and others interested in...
Babies are adept at getting what they need – including an education New research shows that babies organize mothers’ verbal responses, which promotes more effective language instruction, and infant babbling is the key It’s long been known that babies modify...
When expectant mothers consume sufficient amounts of the nutrient choline during pregnancy, their offspring gain enduring cognitive benefits, a new Cornell study suggests Choline – found in egg yolks, lean red meat, fish, poultry, legumes, nuts and cruciferous...
“If you have a concept of something you want to fix, how do you go about fixing it” Heather Kolakowski In Hunger, Health and Nonprofit Social Enterprise (HA 4315), Heather Kolakowski’s service-based learning class, she designed the course to introduce students...
Cornell’s Office of Financial Aid and Student Employment once again is extending support to students who face extenuating financial challenges in filing the application renewal for legal status through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...
“The food system is complicated at all different levels, including at the minute scale of genetics, and you have to explore the tradeoffs” As a plant geneticist, Rebecca Nelson focuses on identifying traits that could improve disease resistance in corn...
As students return to university campuses across the nation, studies show, many will deal with depression, anxiety and thoughts of suicide “We know Cornellians struggle, too,” said Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life “We take this...
“Global Africa: Into the Twenty-First Century” offers an image of Africa at odds with the Western narrative of an impoverished, backward continent This Africa is a vibrant, diverse place, its 12 million square miles and 2,000 languages offering an...