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April 28, 2017

 They say you are what you eat But that may not be true for vegetarians A Cornell undergraduate and his academic adviser have come up with a new way to think about vegetarians And it’s not just about what’s on their plates The new theory proposes that...

April 27, 2017

Senior Adam Shelepak has been named the 2017 winner of the Cornell University Relations’ Campus-Community Leadership Award The annual honor is presented to a graduating senior who has shown exceptional town-gown leadership and innovation Among his many...

April 27, 2017

State officials are embracing industrial hemp as a lucrative addition to New York agriculture as regulations are relaxed around a versatile plant with the potential to thrive in the state Gov Andrew M Cuomo convened the first-ever Industrial Hemp Summit on...

April 26, 2017

Lab of Ornithology Cornell University scientist Amanda Rodewald and economist Juan Nicolás Hernandez-Aguilera are collaborating on a project to look at the ecological and socio-economic aspects of sustainable coffee The traditional approach to environmental...

April 25, 2017

More than 200 alumni are expected to return to campus – along with a few humanoid robots – for Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s Celebration conference, April 27-28 Keynote speaker for the event will be Rodolphe Gelin, chief scientific officer of SoftBank Robotics...

April 25, 2017

Honeybees - employed to pollinate crops during the blooming season - encounter danger due to lingering and wandering pesticides, according to an analysis of the bee’s own food Researchers used 120 pristine honeybee colonies that were placed near 30 apple...

April 24, 2017

Educating religious leaders in sub-Saharan Africa about male circumcision increases the likelihood that men will undergo the procedure, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found in a new trial The results may have profound public health implications, as...

April 22, 2017

The 11 finalists for this year’s Big Idea Competition have ideas that would help detect dementia, prevent hospital falls and educate children in developing countries They’re honing their three-minute pitches in preparation for the April 28 event, part of...

April 21, 2017

April 19, 2017

The student team behind Anabel’s Grocery, under construction in Anabel Taylor Hall and scheduled to open in summer 2017, envisions a campus where all students have access to affordable, high-quality food without having to sacrifice their studies due to hunger...

April 14, 2017

 The snap bean has an arch nemesis: white mold A project led by a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researcher is aimed at reducing losses in this important crop by optimizing disease control for the fungus Snap beans, a legume more commonly known as the...

April 13, 2017

Michael Pollan, environmentalist and best-selling author, will present “Out of the Garden” at the 2017 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture April 27 at 5 pm in Kennedy Hall’s Call Alumni Auditorium The lecture is free and open to the public, and will...