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September 18, 2017

Bill McShea/Provided A site in Front Royal, Virginia, shows the difference in plant growth between a plot, at left, where deer graze and which is full of invasive Japanese stiltgrass, compared to a plot where deer are excluded by a fence When rampant...

September 15, 2017

Provided Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows share the facts and flavors of agricultural biotechnology The Cornell Alliance for Science is launching a “$10M by 2020” campaign, seeded with a $64 million grant from the Bill & Melinda...

September 14, 2017

Jason Koski/University Photography Incoming students on a Fall Creek Gorge hike The annual National Run/Walk to School/Work event, open to the entire Cornell community, will be held Sept 15, with the opportunity for participants to win prizes Prizes...

September 13, 2017

Outbreaks of infectious diseases, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and foodborne diseases are happening around the globe and make comprehensive public health assessment, planning and action crucial A diverse group of 15 students recently began to learn how...

September 8, 2017

Sudha Venkatramanan/Provided Saurabh Mehta’s research team tests biofortified pearl millet in Mumbai When Saurabh Mehta started working as a physician in India, he concentrated on treating sick patients Now he takes a broader approach to such...

September 7, 2017

Provided Jan Nyrop, director of Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (CUAES) Expanding on Cornell’s digital agriculture initiative, a slate of six projects totaling more than $1 million will generate innovative research in the...

September 5, 2017

Recent immigration trends, extreme weather events, shifting food systems, growing inequality and severe fiscal stress are development issues that hit New York’s hamlets, towns and cities in varying ways Cornell’s Community and Regional Development Institute...

September 4, 2017

When it comes to tackling climate change, the focus often falls on reducing the use of fossil fuels and developing sustainable energy sources But a new Cornell-led study shows that deforestation and subsequent use of lands for agriculture or pasture, especially in...

August 29, 2017

Cornell’s Prison Education Program (CPEP) has received $750,000 in grant funding from the College-in-Prison Reentry Program, an effort to expand educational opportunities at correctional facilities across New York state Cornell is one of seven colleges and...

August 28, 2017

Azat Gündoğan In 2014, sociologist Azat Gündoğan and his wife, historian Nilay Ozok-Gündoğan, left tenure-track jobs in the United States to return to their native Turkey They hoped to pursue their research on Turkish history and society, and to raise...

August 25, 2017

Carolus, one of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Titan arums in Minns Garden Summer breezes wafting through Cornell's Minns Garden carried the aromas of fresh grass, notes of floral and, for a few days in August, something akin to rotting...

August 24, 2017

Allison Usavage Adrian Cosmo and José Lozano, co-founders of Biological Energy, pitch their technology to a panel of blue-ribbon judges at the 76West Finals Pitch at Corning Inc Six clean-tech companies working at the intersection of technology and...