CALS to honor outstanding alumni, Friday, Nov. 6
11.06.2009
The CALS Alumni Association and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will honor six distinguished alumni and two faculty members at a reception and dinner at the Statler Hotel.

Nitrogen loss threatens desert plant life, study shows
11.05.2009
Cornell researchers have discovered that heat leads to nitrogen loss in desert soils, a finding that may require climate change models to be altered.

Cornell Dining serves up Cornell-grown produce
11.04.2009
This fall Cornell is taking the 'local foods' concept to a whole new level by buying corn, potatoes, squash and ornamental gourds directly from Cornell's farms.

CU receives $850,000 to improve specialty crops
11.02.2009
With the grants, researchers will examine pest and disease management techniques, crop productivity and plant health in New York's specialty crops sector, which generates $1.3 billion annually.

Researcher studies blood vessels that feed tumors
11.02.2009
Federal stimulus funding helps Cornell researchers create tiny 3-D models of tumors to mimic conditions necessary for the development of vascular systems by tumors.

iPhone app, tea bag appliance win 'elevator pitch'
11.02.2009
For this year's Cornell Entrepreneur Organization Elevator Pitch Competition, contestants had 60-90 seconds to sell their idea to a panel of three judges. The top prize was $100.

Remembrance service for Lucas Wooster set for Nov. 4
11.02.2009
Lucas Wooster, 32, a Ph.D. candidate in horticulture, died early Sunday morning, Nov. 1, in the town of Ithaca.

New center to bring CU agricultural innovations to China
10.27.2009
A Sept. 24 agreement between Cornell and China will increase Cornell researchers' understanding of real problems in China and help China benefit from Cornell's agricultural expertise.

Researchers discover genetic key to speciation
10.27.2009
Cornell researchers have uncovered a genetic mechanism in fruit flies that prevents two closely related species from reproducing, a finding that offers clues to how species evolve.

Magazine names Pinstrup-Andersen No. 1 Dane
10.27.2009
Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen, the 2001 World Food Prize laureate, has been named 'the most important Dane in the world' in combating poverty by Denmark's leading development magazine.

Cornell breaks ground on Plantations Welcome Center
10.27.2009
On a drizzly gray day, visitors were cheered Oct. 23 by a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cornell Plantations Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center at the Mullestein Winter garden, next to Plantations Road.

Meeting on cooperation, cheating in nature offers insights
10.21.2009
Understanding of honeybee interactions could have implications for why people act selfishly in a communal system, said Professor Kern Reeve, one of the presenters at the Oct. 16 conference.

Two students are finalists in inventors contest
10.21.2009
Artificial tissues with an embedded vascular system and a skull base sealer were two Cornell student inventions honored as finalists in the 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Chicago, Oct. 18-20.

Cornell 100 mpg car makes the cut in competition
10.20.2009
Cornell's 100+ MPG Team is one of 43 that have made it to the next stage of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Competition, contest officials announced Oct. 19.

NYSAES gets $82K snap bean virus research grant
10.19.2009
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station researcher Phillip Griffiths receives $82,251 grant to develop variations of snap beans resistant to a devastating viral disease.

CALS struts its stuff at New York Farm Days in D.C.
10.19.2009
A College of Agriculture and Life Sciences exhibition at New York Farm Days Oct. 7 featured the college's undergraduate teaching programs that prepare leaders for the state's agricultural industries.

Cornell places seventh in 2009 Solar Decathlon
10.16.2009
Cornell's innovative Silo House earned a seventh-place finish in the biennial Solar Decathlon competition, held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Provost taps eight key faculty to draft strategic plan
10.15.2009
The newly formed Strategic Plan Advisory Council will synthesize recommendations gathered from the Cornell community into a draft strategic plan. Town meetings will be held in January and February, and a draft issued in March.

eLab seminar series helps get businesses started
10.13.2009
A lecture series by the Student Agencies eLab will help undergraduates develop a business idea into something worthy of venture capital. The series started Sept. 29 and continues through Nov. 17.

'Big Idea' business workshop begins
10.13.2009
'The Big Idea' competition offers undergraduates the chance to win $2,500 for their business or social enterprise ideas. Its first deadline is Dec. 23.

Home Grown: Cornell Dining Serves Up Locally Grown CALS Produce
10.12.2009
Having purchased from local food sources for years, Cornell Dining now turns its eye homeward.

Science Friday taps Cornell ornithologists, vets
10.12.2009
Ira Flatow broadcasted his show 'Science Friday' live Oct. 9 from Bailey Hall, interviewing Cornell ornithologists and veterinarians, among others.

Cornell's Silo House in competition today
10.08.2009
Cornell's Silo House begins competition today against 19 other entries in the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Energy's biennial contest continues through Oct. 16.

NPR's 'Science Friday' live from Bailey Hall, Friday, Oct. 9
10.07.2009
Popular radio show will feature two Laboratory of Ornithology scientists.

Ithaca community swarms to Insectapalooza 2009
10.05.2009
Insectapalooza 2009 on Oct. 3 featured an arthropod zoo, live butterfly house, tours of the world-famous Cornell Insect Collection and more.

Weill Institute announces Fleming research fellow
10.05.2009
Duane Hoch, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell studying bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease, has received the 2009 Sam and Nancy Fleming Research Fellowship from Cornell's Weill Institute.

Cornell alumnus Jack Szostak shares Nobel Prize
10.05.2009
Jack Szostak, Ph.D. '77, has received the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for research that has implications for cancer and the biology of aging.

Design and Planning Club promotes collaboration
10.01.2009
Students in architecture, engineering, city planning and other design-based fields are working together in Cornell's Design and Planning Club on community-based outreach projects and design competitions.

Cornell team distributes laptops in Africa
09.30.2009
Two Cornell students spent part of last summer delivering rugged, child-friendly laptop computers to a school in Senegal and showing teachers how to use them.

Stimulus funding to study detoxifying heavy metals
09.30.2009
With stimulus package funding, soil scientist Olena Vatamaniuk is studying a worm model system for clues into how humans might detoxify heavy metals.

Undersecretary of agriculture visits NYC extension
09.28.2009
To see how research can serve the public in urban and rural areas, the undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture turned to Cornell Cooperative Extension in New York City, Sept. 25.

Five faculty receive NSF early career awards
09.28.2009
Five more Cornell faculty members have received Faculty Early Career Development Awards from the National Science Foundation, some with federal stimulus funding.

Faculty researchers win prestigious NIH grants
09.24.2009
Two researchers have received five-year, $2.5 million Director's Pioneer Awards from the National Institutes of Health, and three other major grants were awarded to faculty members, the NIH announced Sept. 24.

Fertilizers may not help poorest African farmers
09.24.2009
Researchers have linked poverty in sub-Saharan Africa with poor soil health, but two new Cornell studies find that the recommended practice of applying more fertilizer may not help the poorest farmers.

Student teaches crabs to ring a bell at Shoals
09.24.2009
A high school student studying at Shoals Marine Laboratory this summer taught two crabs to ring a bell. The student was inspired to conduct her experiment by a book by Karen Pryor '54.

Fabrics that fight germs, find explosives go to market
09.21.2009
Two Cornell researchers have launched iFyber LLC, which markets fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials for hospitals.

Students build sofa - authentic lawn furniture
09.21.2009
A class of students shoveled, shaped and sodded a truck-sized sod sofa in the pond area of the F.R. Newman Arboretum last week.

Grant proposals sought for community projects
09.21.2009
The committee for the 2009 Robert S. Smith Award for community progress and innovation is calling for grant proposals for up to $3,000 from student leaders and organizations by Oct. 31.

ARRA funds study of cholesterol in cell membranes
09.21.2009
Cornell professor was recently given a boost with $937,000 in federal stimulus money to create simple models to mimic and study cholesterol in cell membranes.

CALS plans major renovation of Stocking Hall
09.18.2009
The four-year, multiphase project, scheduled to begin in September 2010, will outfit the 86 year-old hall with new labs, as well as a new dairy plant and winery.

Lab of Ornithology aids artist Maya Lin with exhibit
09.17.2009
On Sept. 17 in San Francisco, artist Maya Lin unveiled the first component of her serial art installation on species loss, which uses sounds and videos from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Tree Inventory by CALS Team Contributes to University Climate Action Plan
09.15.2009
First ever tree inventory of campus reveals 7,000 plus trees save the Big Red big green

NSF grant supports sustainable materials research
09.15.2009
A new grant from the National Science Foundation will support 30 graduate students working in the Cornell Center for Materials Research on the development of materials to advance sustainable living.

Borlaug’s vision will never sleep
09.14.2009
Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, dead at 95

Study: Long hours affect what family eats at home
09.14.2009
Such working conditions as irregular work schedules, long hours and job dissatisfaction of parents in low-income families significantly impact family food choices, reports a new Cornell study.

Cindy van Es honored for advancing inclusiveness
09.14.2009
Cindy van Es, senior lecturer in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is one of five faculty members in the nation to receive one of the new Inclusive Excellence Awards from Ernst & Young LLP.

Environmental engineering degree now accredited
09.14.2009
Now students can major in environmental engineering and graduate with an accredited degree in that field, which also qualifies them to sit for the Fundamentals of Engineering examination.

President David Skorton issues statement on death of student
09.11.2009
Counseling and support services are available to the community.

Global Health students spend summer abroad
09.11.2009
Forty-seven students minoring in Cornell's new Global Health Program spent the summer in various low-resource countries doing volunteer work and research as part of the requirements for their minor.

Professors teach microbial diversity at Woods Hole
09.09.2009
Cornell professors Steve Zinder and Dan Buckley and 20 advanced students spent six weeks on Cape Cod collecting, isolating and identifying novel microbes.

Researcher explores evolution of milkweed
09.08.2009
A Cornell study on the diversity of milkweed plants has used new techniques to prove an old theory that explains how the arms race between attacking insects and defended plants led to great diversity of both.

Cornell names new A.D. White Professors-at-Large
09.08.2009
Students will have the opportunity to learn from two new A.D. White Professors-at-Large: cultural critic Rebecca Solnit and conservationist Jeffrey McNeely, who were appointed to six-year terms.

CALS alumna tends a rainforest in the heart of San Francisco
09.03.2009
Cornell Alumni Magazine profiles CALS alumna Kristen Natoli '91 and her work at the California Academy of Sciences.

Climate, energy lectures targeted to undergrads
09.03.2009
A new bi-weekly lecture series, specially tailored for undergraduate students, will focus on sustainability, energy and environmental systems. It's slated for Mondays, 7:30 p.m., beginning Sept. 7.

Memorial for David Yang '11 slated for Sept. 5
09.02.2009
David Z. Yang '11 of Hillsborough, N.J., a student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, died Aug. 23. A memorial service will be held Sept. 5, at 10:30 a.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall Chapel.

Researchers uncover genetic origins of rice fragrance
09.01.2009
A new Cornell study reports that the gene that gives rice its highly valued fragrance stems from an ancestor of basmati rice and dispels other long-held assumptions about the origins of basmati.

New lab in Portland, N.Y., focuses on vines and wines
08.28.2009
Cornell deepened its century-long commitment to western New York's wine, grape and juice industries when it opened its new $5.4 million Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory, Aug. 25

Solar, chicken and youth power: CU at the state fair
08.28.2009
President Skorton and CALS Dean Susan Henry made their annual visit to the New York State Fair Aug. 27, where they toured Cornell's solar house and met with Gov. David Paterson and young 4-H members.

Energy research is vital for economy, Gov. Paterson says
08.27.2009
N.Y. Gov. David Paterson met with President David Skorton and education and industry leaders to highlight his support for collaborative research and Cornell projects funded by the federal stimulus package.

Prehistoric tools discovered at Isles of Shoals
08.27.2009
This summer, students in Cornell's new Archaeology Field School at Shoals Marine Lab, Cornell's marine field station, discovered the first prehistoric archaeological site in the Isles of Shoals.

$3.2M grant to train students to tackle poverty issues
08.26.2009
A new Cornell program funded by the National Science Foundation will train graduate students to use interdisciplinary approaches to tackle food systems problems that contribute to extreme poverty.

Stimulus funds used to study disease resistance
08.24.2009
Using fruit flies as a model, entomologist Brian Lazzaro will study connections between the immune system and other physiological processes in determining resistance to infectious disease.

Cornell's cancer vaccine begins clinical trials
08.21.2009
The Bioproduction Facility in Cornell's Stocking Hall has produced the first batch of a cancer vaccine that is now being used in clinical trials for patients facing either ovarian cancer or melanoma.

'Jumping genes' create antibiotic resistance in bacteria
08.20.2009
A small piece of foreign DNA recognizes when and where to slip into a bacterium's genetic code, allowing bacteria to genetically adapt to their environment - and develop resistance to antibiotics.

Gates grant to extend reach of ag journals in Africa
08.19.2009
A new three-year, $1.8 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will extend TEEAL, The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library, to many more college libraries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Summer scholars focus on plant disease
08.18.2009
The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station hosted 11 undergraduates from around the country in a new plant sciences program this summer.

Comptroller kicks off government leadership institute
08.18.2009
N.Y. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli kicked off a workshop of the Local Government Leadership Institute on campus, Aug. 13, aimed at helping local governments deliver services at a lower cost to their constituents.

Solar house ready to leave lab for state fair test
08.17.2009
After several months of construction, engineering and design work, Cornell's 2009 Solar Decathlon house will debut to the public Aug. 27 at the Great New York State Fair.

Things to do, Aug. 14-21
08.14.2009
Events at Cornell this week include a field day for organic farm research, a library orientation for newcomers to the United States, and networking for astronomy grad students.

Some mice stem cells divide in unexpected ways
08.14.2009
Using new genetic tools, Cornell researchers have found that some stem cells in mice behave dramatically different than in fruit flies, where most of the pioneering stem cell work has been conducted.

Empire Farm Days boasts new crops, markets and methods
08.12.2009
Cornell's 78th annual Empire Farm Days, the largest outdoor agricultural fair in the Northeast, Aug. 11-13, in Seneca Falls, N.Y., featured 600 exhibits of agricultural technology and products.

Research explores options for deer population control
08.12.2009
In a pilot program, Cornell is using both sterilization and hunting to reduce deer populations on campus. They hope to develop a model that other campuses and communities can use to manage deer.

Summer scholars focus on plant disease
08.10.2009
The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station hosts 11 undergraduates from around the country in a new plant sciences program.

IthaQatar Ambassadors unite two campuses
08.10.2009
The IthaQatar Ambassadors program, a group established in 2008 to connect students on Cornell's Ithaca and Qatar campuses, is growing and planning for the future.

Fly fishers federation honors Clifford Kraft
08.10.2009
The Federation of Fly Fishers has awarded Clifford Kraft, associate professor of natural resources, its Aldo Leopold Award 'for outstanding contributions to fisheries and land ecology.'

Mary had a lot of lambs
08.06.2009
Sheep naturally lamb only once a year, but Cornell researchers have identified ways to to prompt ewes to breed at younger ages and more often.

Things to do, Aug. 7-14
08.06.2009
Events this week include Cornell programs at Empire Farm Days; educational gorge walks in nearby state parks, and a play about Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West.

Maize findings could offer insights into human genetics
08.06.2009
Two new large-scale studies report major discoveries in maize genetics that could revolutionize maize breeding and may help researchers better predict complex traits in humans.

Cornell plans large presence at Empire Farm Days 2009
08.03.2009
Cornell to highlight value-added agriculture at largest outdoor agricultural fair in the Northeast.

Researchers study genetic evolution of African dogs
08.03.2009
African village dogs are directly descended from an ancestral pool of indigenous dogs, according to a Cornell-led genetic analysis of hundreds of semi-feral village dogs in Egypt, Uganda and Namibia.

Encouraging walking, nutrition in breast cancer fight
08.03.2009
A Cornell program, Small Steps Are Easier Together, is reaching out to rural communities and workplaces to get women to be more active and eat more healthfully to lower breast cancer risk.

SAGES awards inaugural scholarship to Geneva-area student
08.02.2009
The Student Association of the Geneva Experiment Station (SAGES) selected High School senior for "commitment to the advancement of agriculture."

Globe-trotting geneticist named 2009 Rhodes professor
07.31.2009
Cornell's newest Rhodes Professor R. Spencer Wells has spent much of his career studying humankind's family tree and closing the gaps in the understanding of human migration.

Researchers use yeast to identify cancer genes
07.29.2009
Identifying cancer-causing genes is a major challenge, but now Cornell scientists have devised a technique using yeast cells to pinpoint cancer genes that may also be found in humans.

100 mpg car taking shape over the summer
07.29.2009
A group of Cornell students are working day and night to get their full-size, fuel-efficient, plug-in hybrid vehicle ready for on-road testing Sept. 1 in preparation for the Automotive X Prize Competition.

Susan Henry to step down as CALS dean in 2010
07.28.2009
While overseeing the second-largest college at Cornell for 10 years, Henry focused CALS activities on the land-grant mission, the applied social sciences, the environmental sciences and the new life sciences.

Indian students make history with dual-degree programs
07.27.2009
The inaugural class of new Master of Professional Studies programs in plant breeding and food science arrived at Cornell's Ithaca campus from India's Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in early June.

Cornell hosts science teachers for summer workshops
07.27.2009
Each summer, the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers instructs middle and high school biology teachers on new teaching methods and activities, and the teachers don't have to pay a dime.

Researchers help wind turbine industry protect birds
07.24.2009
Five Cornell scientists and other experts reached an agreement on research priorities to help America's wind turbine industry produce alternative energy while also providing safe passage for birds and bats.

Cornell returns to a small village in the Andes
07.23.2009
More than 50 years ago, a Cornell mission to a small village in Peru made profound changes, some good, some bad. Today, Cornell may help the community again.

Kresovich to head to University of South Carolina
07.23.2009
Stephen Kresovich, Cornell's vice provost for life sciences since 2005, has been named vice president for research and graduate education at the University of South Carolina, effective Oct. 1.

CALS genomicists aim to save citrus from 'greening'
07.17.2009
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is working against a recently introduced disease known as citrus greening, which destroys citrus foods' taste and economic worth.

Professor hatches century-old eggs to study evolution
07.16.2009
Cornell ecologist Nelson Hairston Jr. is a pioneer in a field known loosely as 'resurrection ecology,' in which researchers study evolution by hatching eggs of zooplankton buried in mud for decades to centuries.

No ivory-billed woodpecker, but plenty of data
07.15.2009
The Lab of Ornithology's ivory-billed woodpecker search team, which has spent the last three winters combing the southeastern United States, has wrapped up what is likely to be its last large-scale search.

Cornell receives $5.5 million for Bangladesh project
07.13.2009
Cornell has been selected to lead a $5.5 million-plus project in Bangladesh as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Food for Progress program to provide international assistance in 2009.

CCE to hold natural gas drilling meetings
07.09.2009
Cornell Cooperative Extension will host public meetings across New York's Southern Tier in July and August to educate residents about the development of natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale.

Grad students stress need for environmental research
07.08.2009
An innovative Cornell program may offer a model for interdisciplinary environmental research in an academic system where research across departments is challenging at best, according to a recent paper.

Undergraduate researchers at play
07.07.2009
Over 100 undergrads from institutions across the U.S. are on campus this summer participating in research projects. But on July 1, the students got together just for fun, with a picnic on the Engineering Quad.

'Lab on a chip' to measure water stress in plants
07.06.2009
Embedded microsensors being developed at Cornell will measure water stress in grapevines and will help vintners strike the precise balance between drought and overwatering.

Late blight is killing tomatoes, potatoes this year
07.01.2009
Gardeners beware: This year in the eastern U.S., late blight is killing tomato and potato plants earlier than ever before, and basil downy mildew is affecting plants in gardens and on commercial farms.

Cornell celebrates partnership with Sathguru
06.30.2009
Cornell honored its 15-year collaboration with India-based Sathguru Management Consultants and the 10th anniversary of the Cornell-Sathguru Agribusiness Management Program June 25.

Three USDA units at Cornell to receive $925,000
06.30.2009
Three USDA labs at Cornell - the Holley Center for Agriculture and Health in Ithaca and the Plant Genetic Resources Unit and Grape Genetics Research Unit in Geneva - will share $925,000 for upgrades.

CALS wins three awards for publications, event
06.30.2009
The National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association has recognized Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with a first-place and two second-place awards in its annual competition.

Families tour Wilson Lab, ERL prototype
06.29.2009
The hallways of Wilson Lab, home to Cornell's synchrotron radiation facility and electron storage ring, were open to all ages during the public event on June 27.

New grant explores link between diet and aging
06.25.2009
Cornell biochemist Shu-Bing Qian of the Division of Nutrition Sciences has received a $400,000 grant over four years to study how diet impacts the aging process at the molecular level.

Skorton, Davisson and Pell to travel to East Africa
06.25.2009
President David Skorton will visit Ethiopia, Tanzania and Rwanda during a two-week trip, beginning July 1. Skorton will speak at the Bahir Dar University graduation and discuss opportunities for collaboration.

Gardens bring military families together
06.24.2009
Cornell is helping the military plant Defiant Gardens to give military families a way to connect with each other, with civilians and with their deployed parent or spouse.

Cornell Biofuels Research Lab officially opens
06.24.2009
The $6 million, 11,000-square-foot facility in Riley Robb Hall will be used to develop renewable energy sources from such nonfood crops as switchgrass, sorghum and willow.

New truck doubles Cornell's milk-moving ability
06.23.2009
The New York State Department of Corrections has given Cornell Dairy a 4,200-gallon tanker truck that can carry almost twice the milk and use half the fuel as as the dairy's current 25-year-old truck.

Experts examine risks to birds from wind turbines
06.23.2009
At the Cornell Workshop on Large-Scale Wind-Generated Power on June 13, researchers proposed using bio-acoustic and radar technology to address whether wind turbines pose risks to billions of night-flying birds.

Professors brief Congressional staff on food safety
06.22.2009
Just days before a U.S. House committee voted to expand the FDA's power to monitor the U.S. food supply, food scientists Kathryn Boor and Robert Gravani briefed D.C. staffers about food safety issues.

World use of fertilizer varies wildly, study shows
06.19.2009
In a Science policy forum piece, co-author Laurie Drinkwater says that fertilizer is often used way too much or too little across the world, and both extremes have substantial human and environmental costs.

Emeritus professor helps farmers in Malawi
06.19.2009
Hugh Price recently returned from a CNFA Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer assignment to Malawi, where he worked with farmers, exporters and entrepreneurs to assess the country's horticulture industry.

Eight faculty members receive provost's awards
06.19.2009
The $15,000 awards recognize research and scholarship by outstanding tenured faculty members early in their careers.

Instructor/librarian program improves courses
06.19.2009
In the second year of the Cornell Library's Information Competency Initiative, instructors once again pair up with librarians to teach students better research skills.

Deadly beetle threatens New York's ash trees
06.18.2009
The threat posed by the emerald ash borer is 'extreme,' says entomologist E. Richard Hoebeke. 'There is the potential for ash as we know it to be extirpated from the landscape.'

Things to Do, June 12-19
06.15.2009
Things to do include a premier of 'Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer' in Willard Straight Theatre and a hands-on Twitter workshop.

Cornell Plantations plagued by plant thefts
06.12.2009
Rare, valuable plans are being stolen from the Cornell Plantations at alarming rates, says the Plantations director. The thefts are likened to stealing priceless exhibits from a major museum.

New online tool helps New York growers choose vineyard sites
06.10.2009
Online tool analyzes site-specific factors, such as air temperature, growing season length, soil chemistry and more.

Milk goes 'green': Dairy farms use fewer resources
06.10.2009
The dairy industry has reduced its carbon footprint by about one-third in the past 60 years, due to improved genetics, nutrition, herd management and animal welfare, reports a new Cornell study.

Web tool helps grape growers pick vineyard sites
06.10.2009
The Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences New York State Agricultural Experiment Station has launched a new Web tool to help state grape growers identify prime grape-growing locations.

CUAES helps keep New York's waters clean
06.10.2009
Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has a wide range of researchers working on water issues to make sure New York state continues to have plenty of clean water to offer.

Things to Do, June 5-12
06.08.2009
Things to Do include a two-day conference for educators on nutrition and a scientific workshop on gathering wind energy.

New SUNY chancellor launches 64-campus tour at Cornell
06.04.2009
Nancy Zimpher's visit kicked off her commitment to visit all 64 State University of New York campuses in her first 100 days to meet with and learn from students, faculty, administrators and community leaders.

Cornell gets grant to detect steroids in athletes
06.03.2009
J. Thomas Brenna, professor of nutritional sciences, has a new task: to find better ways to detect steroids in urine to improve drug testing of athletes for performance-enhancing substances.

Redistributing farm topsoil is goal of ORIE project
06.03.2009
For their 2008-09 master of engineering project, four operations research students set out to optimize the redistribution of topsoil over a farm in Iowa.

Researchers discover pathway with implications for obesity
06.02.2009
Cornell scientists have discovered how two related proteins and their roles in a key molecular pathway are critical to creating obesity-causing fat cells.

CU recycles half its garbage into high-quality compost
05.29.2009
Cornell's composting operation does more than turn food scraps and animal bedding into nutrient-rich compost: It reduces the university's total waste stream by half, making it the county's second largest recycler.

Overweight women gain too much weight during pregnancy
05.29.2009
A study on new guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy, co-led by a Cornell professor, says far too many jeopardize their health and that of their baby by gaining too much or too little weight.

Six graduating students receive SUNY Chancellor awards
05.29.2009
The State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence recognizes seniors who integrate academic excellence with accomplishments in leadership, athletics, community service and the arts.

Seibald Wins Tewaaraton Trophy, College Lacrosse's Highest Honor
05.28.2009
Applied Economics and Management graduate named nation's top men's lacrosse player.

CU aids discovery of blue whale singing in N.Y. waters
05.28.2009
Cornell's Bioacoustics Research Program helped confirm, for the first time in New York coastal waters, the voices of singing blue whales.

Meeting developing-world challenges requires vision
05.28.2009
Creating community partnerships and developing new techniques to share information are key ways that Cornell and other U.S. universities can help developing countries, says Vice Provost Alice Pell.

Sustainability center to fund five research grants
05.26.2009
The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future will fund five projects this year to stimulate original and cross-disciplinary work in sustainability science.

Grad overcame family crisis while completing Ph.D.
05.22.2009
Ph.D. marshal Haley Oliver earns her doctorate, despite overwhelming family crises this past year: her single-parent father was killed, and she had to oversee selling the family farm.

Meet some members of the Class of 2009
05.22.2009
In their own words, 24 dynamic members of the Class of 2009 reflect on life and learning at Cornell and on the future.

Small evolutionary shifts make big impacts, study finds
05.20.2009
Researchers have found an evolutionary mechanism that provides insight into how important changes in brain structure of primates can evolve. They studied differences in the eyes of owl monkeys and capuchin monkeys.

Cornell's new solar house goes round and round
05.20.2009
Cornell's entry in the 2009 Solar Decathlon goes outside the box in solar house design. The team returns in October to the biennial competition in Washington, D.C.

DNA molecules can detect pathogens, deliver drugs
05.19.2009
Cornell researchers have created new DNA molecules that can detect pathogens and deliver drugs to cells when they form long chains called polymers.

Metal sheets with DNA framework may enable nanocircuits
05.19.2009
Using DNA not as a genetic material but as a structural support, researchers have created thin sheets of gold nanoparticles. The work could prove useful for making thin transistors or other electronic devices.

Cornell Tradition honors 10 of its graduates
05.18.2009
Each spring the Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed recognition program, honors 10 of its students for their community service and leadership. The students donate their awards to help others.

Merrill scholars honor influential teachers
05.18.2009
Cornell's Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honors 32 seniors and the high school teachers and university faculty members who made important contributions to the students' lives.

Alumni briefed on CU's 'culture of sustainability'
05.13.2009
Washington, D.C., alumni heard how Cornell is cultivating a 'culture of sustainability,' April 27, from directors of the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future at the National Academy of Sciences.

Mann Library rooftop terrace named for Dean Susan Henry
05.13.2009
A new rooftop garden on the southern end of Mann Library has been named the Susan A. Henry Garden Terrace to honor Henry's contributions as dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Sea Grant funds five Cornell projects for 2009-10
05.07.2009
New York Sea Grant has awarded five projects a total of $1.1 million in research funding to study PCBs, lake invaders and more.

Poverty researchers kick off three-year collaboration
05.06.2009
The Institute for the Social Sciences has kicked off its Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility theme project, a three-year effort to understand the causes and solutions to chronic poverty.

Biological engineering tops U.S. News rankings
05.04.2009
The magazine also ranked Cornell Law School No. 13, and the Johnson School No. 17. Weill Cornell came in at No. 18 for research and No. 58 for primary care.

CUAES Composting Facility Wins EPA Award
05.01.2009
The Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station received a 2009 Environmental Quality Award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency on April 24.

Undergraduate research celebrated at three events
05.01.2009
Students recently presented their research, which ranged from culinary myths of egg whites and judging sexual orientation, to the theory of children's picture books and emotional influences on gambling.

CU tests biological ways to control alfalfa pest
05.01.2009
Cornell researchers are spending time in the fields this spring collecting 20,000 alfalfa snout beetles. They need them to test ways to biologically control the pests, which devour alfalfa and other crops.

The labyrinth is a bloomin': Open House, May 2
04.30.2009
Professor Bill Miller's Herbaceous Plant Materials class planted a more ambitious labyrinth with more than 14,000 bulbs of daffodils, tulips and muscari topped with pansies.

New apple varieties developed at CU being tested
04.30.2009
Thirty apple orchard owners around New York state are growing new apple varieties developed at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva to test whether the apples should be commercialized.

Writing in Majors course focuses on research
04.30.2009
In this molecular biology and cell biology lab course, undergraduates do original research as well as intensive writing.

New apple varieties developed at CU being tested
04.29.2009
Thirty apple orchard owners around New York state are growing new apple varieties developed at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva to test whether the apples should be commercialized.

Mann Library terrace named in honor of Dean Susan Henry
04.27.2009
Alumni and friends of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences honor the longest serving academic dean on Cornell’s Ithaca campus.

Bike design and rape alert system take top awards
04.23.2009
A bike design and a rape alert system were the big winners at this year's 'Big Idea Competition.' The finalists were chosen at an April 17 event during Entrepreneurship@Cornell's Celebration 2009.

Architect offers a vision for sustainable future
04.22.2009
Architect and designer William McDonough offered his practical utopian vision for environmentally sound design in his April 21 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture in Kennedy Hall.

Consumer Camp participants get the skinny on overeating
04.22.2009
About 80 professionals attended the the Cornell Food and Brand Lab's annual Consumer Camp April 17-18 to learn about how everyday external cues can affect how much people eat.

Health care reform is imperative, says doctor-author
04.21.2009
Dr. Arthur Garson laid out the topography of the health care debate, defining terms and dispelling a few myths along the way, in his keynote address kicking off the Sick in America series, April 20.

Alumni Association centennial showcases CALS research and facilities
04.20.2009
On April 18, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Association celebrated its centennial at “CALS: Making a World of Difference,” a campus event that featured panel discussions with faculty experts, tours of CALS facilities, and a networking lunch.

Congressman Massa visits Biofuels Research Lab
04.20.2009
U.S. Rep. Eric Massa (D-Corning) toured Cornell's new Biofuels Research Laboratory April 16, calling it a 'national asset' that could help transform the economy and preserve America's national security.

eLab helps nurture nine undergrad student businesses
04.15.2009
Student Agencies eLab, the nonprofit accelerator for undergraduate businesses, is helping nine student groups this semester develop and grow their business ideas.

Chinese delegation visits campus to reclaim fungi
04.13.2009
After years of careful stewardship by Cornell scientists, a collection of more than 2,000 species of native Chinese fungi, spirited out of the country for safety before World War II, is finally set to make its way home.

'Big Idea' finalists prepare for final pitches
04.13.2009
The finale of the 'Big Idea' competition will be April 17 in the Statler ballroom, where finalists will present three-minute pitches. Winners will be chosen based on judges' scores and audience votes.

Durst honored by standards institute
04.13.2009
Professor emeritus Richard Durst will be inducted into the National Institute of Standards and Technology Portrait Gallery for his 'outstanding career contributions.'

Male fruit flies change to gain reproductive edge
04.13.2009
A new study published in the journal Current Biology shows that male fruit flies that sense competition during mating make their seminal fluid more potent by packing it with more proteins.

Cornell Vineyard Research Laboratory marks 100 years of grape research
04.10.2009
Facility celebrates the 100th anniversary of Cornell’s grape research and extension programs in the Lake Erie region.

CALS Launches Capitol Hill Briefing Series
04.08.2009
New initiative aims to bring sound science to policy debates.

U.S. Sen. Gillibrand hosts economic roundtable
04.08.2009
In her first visit to Cornell as New York's junior U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand pledged to advocate for the university's agriculture and veterinary programs as a way of revitalizing New York state's economy.

Professors present science to D.C. policymakers
04.08.2009
Two professors addressed agriculture and climate change in Washington, D.C., March 27, to launch a new College of Agriculture and Life Sciences series of educational briefings for policymakers.

Faculty address obesity prevention with health commissioner
04.08.2009
As part of National Public Health Week, New York Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., visited Cornell April 6 to open a statewide campaign to promote healthy living.

Cornell has first official Ivy League tartan
04.07.2009
The university unveiled its official tartan plaid print at the Cornell Design League Fashion Show on April 4, making Cornell the only Ivy League school to have its own tartan registered in Scotland.

Horticulture class helps school gardeners in Belize
04.03.2009
This semester a horticulture class prepared for a spring break trip to Belize - not to hit the beach but to show how school gardens can enrich curricula and serve as a foundation for community education programs.

Four students win Goldwater scholarships
04.02.2009
Juniors Eowyn Connolly-Brown, Michael Grundler, Stephen Linderman and Aman Prasad have been named Barry M. Goldwater Scholars for 2009. They are among 278 scholars chosen from a field of 1,097 students nationwide.

Teaching winery opens on campus
04.02.2009
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Teaching Winery opened April 1. The winery, attached to the Cornell Orchards store, will act as the Ithaca hub for CALS' new viticulture and enology undergraduate major.

Extension helps communities be more efficient
04.02.2009
Cornell and extension are helping upstate municipalities engage in a dialogue about merging or sharing services to be more sustainable.

New Cornell biofuels lab: Turning bales into barrels
04.01.2009
Cornell just opened its new $6 million Biofuels Research Laboratory, where Cornell scientists and students from across the university are examining sustainable and economical biofuel production.

Students collect bikes for rural Ghana
04.01.2009
Anne-Lise Cossart '09 and Liz Bageant '10, with a grant from the Public Service Center, are collecting used bicycles to ship to Ghana. They hope to have 500 bikes by April 4, when the bikes leave Ithaca.

Entrepreneurship to be celebrated April 16-17
03.30.2009
The 2009 Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration will bring together more than 500 participants. A highlight will be the keynote by Jay Walker, founder of Priceline.com and Cornell's Entrepreneur of the Year.

Ralph Christy named director of CIIFAD
03.30.2009
Ralph D. Christy, professor of emerging markets in the Department of Applied Economics Management, has been named the new director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development.

Pesticide application method keeps chemicals on target
03.26.2009
To prevent pesticides from drifting away and potentially posing risks to the environment, Cornell researchers have devised a solution: Apply the pesticides by encapsulating them in biodegradable nanofibers.

Cornell helps publish report on U.S. birds
03.25.2009
The first comprehensive U.S. 'State of the Birds' report, on which Cornell scientists collaborated, finds that many Hawaiian, sea and desert birds are in decline, but conservation efforts work.

Study finds inbred crows more prone to disease
03.24.2009
The findings have important implications for endangered species, which may find mating with relatives unavoidable if they have a small pool of potential mates.

CU helps NYC teachers improve science teaching
03.20.2009
The Science Leadership Academy provides ideas, supplies, mentors and networking opportunities that the academy hopes the teachers will use to engage students in biology, chemistry and physics.

Gant is steady presence for the Big Red
03.19.2009
Khaliq Gant has not worn a basketball uniform since a career-ending injury in January 2006. But he's still part of a team that went from just one winning season in nine years to winning Ivy League championships.

New free online videos help mentor new farmers
03.16.2009
The New York Beginning Farmer Project has just released a series of 12 online videos, 'Voices of Experience,' that are intended to mentor new farmers with advice from experienced farmers.

State Commissioner stresses benefits of local foods
03.16.2009
'Local foods, first' is more than a new food fad. It is a high priority for Albany policymakers, said New York agriculture commissioner Patrick Hooker at a March 10 conference on campus.

Local foods: Good for your health and the economy
03.16.2009
'Local foods, first' is more than a new food fad. It is a high priority for Albany policymakers, said New York agriculture commissioner Patrick Hooker at a March 10 conference on campus.

New science major graduates its first class
03.12.2009
The new major, the science of natural and environmental systems in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will graduate its first crop of students this May.

Study the birds of spring
03.12.2009
Take the edge off the long, cold winter by taking the annual Spring Field Ornithology course at the Lab of Ornithology, March 25 to May 17.

Course offers panels on life science careers
03.12.2009
Career Options for Ph.D.s in the Life Sciences is a new mini-course for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows about career options available to doctorates in the biological sciences.

New technologies help scientists track fish species
03.11.2009
New tracking tags are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of conditions, from overfishing to climate change, that are contributing to declining fish populations, according to a new study.

Deadly pest threatens hemlock trees in region
03.11.2009
Cornell natural-areas staff spotted small fluffy white sacs along the base of the needle on an eastern hemlock: telltale signs that a devastating pest had invaded Cornell's hemlocks for the first time.

Cornell initiative transforms 'biotrash' into bioenergy
03.05.2009
In a new campus initiative, vegetable oil from deep fryers in campus dining halls, animal bedding, farm waste and other sources of 'biotrash' will be transformed to help fuel the university.

Two student groups spend winter break in Ghana
03.04.2009
Giving high school students access to computers and spreading awareness of what causes malaria were the goals of two different student groups who conducted service trips to Ghana over winter break.

Help identify deadly hemlock pest in Ithaca's gorges
03.04.2009
Cornell announces volunteer training sessions to help identify and report new infestations of deadly hemlock pest around Cornell and in Ithaca's gorges.

Alumna's foundation funds sustainability projects
03.04.2009
Since 1999 about 75 faculty and student projects that examine the technological, social, political and economic elements of sustainable agriculture have benefited from the Toward Sustainability Foundation.

CU scholars to speak at Sun Grant conference
03.02.2009
The event will feature a bevy of speakers and will showcase the latest innovations in bioenergy research, March 10-13 in Washington, D.C.

Steven Kyle discusses economic stimulus
02.27.2009
The associate professor of applied economics and management and a frequent commentator on macroeconomic issues also made some predictions in his Feb. 26 lecture.

Museum offers rare glimpses into past to study the present
02.26.2009
The bones, feathers, shells and skins in the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates offer rare and valuable information into the biological history of species that may help today's creatures survive.

Cornell coordinates breeders to save world's wheat
02.25.2009
Cornell is organizing an ongoing battle against a highly virulent strain of wheat stem rust known as Ug99, to which only 10 percent of the world's wheat varieties are resistant.

Hydroponic gardens calm incarcerated youth in NYC
02.25.2009
Philson Warner, an extension associate with Cornell's Cooperative Extension in New York City, has set up a hydroponics lab for teen inmates at the Rikers Island jail.

Former Colombian mayor talks on crime cleanup
02.23.2009
Sergio Fajardo, former mayor of Medellin, Colombia - and now a presidential hopeful in that country - told the Cornell community Feb. 19 how he transformed a violence-ridden city into a prosperous and safer one.

Rare minerals, gems on display in Snee Hall
02.20.2009
The Timothy N. Heasley Mineralogy Museum, in the lobby of Snee Hall, hosts several collections of minerals and gems.

Students expand vision in international ag course
02.19.2009
Cornell students and Indian students from four universities added to their global perspective through the International Agriculture and Rural Development field course.

Alison Power discusses food security at AAAS
02.17.2009
With proper management practices, farmers could grow crops while maintaining ecosystem services, said Cornell professor Alison Power during her AAAS presentation in Chicago.

New student team uses biology for building blocks
02.17.2009
The Cornell International Genetically Engineered Machines student project team, formed this year, uses biological, not mechanical, components to make machines.

The 'Joy of Cooking' larger portions
02.16.2009
Recipes in 'The Joy of Cooking' have gotten more fattening, and servings have gotten larger, over its 70 years of publication, finds a new Cornell study.

Alumna's book details challenges teachers face
02.13.2009
Natalie Schwartz '91 interviewed more than 50 teachers for her book, 'The Teacher Chronicles: Confronting the Demands of Students, Parents, Administrators and Society.'

Thevaki Thambirajah '97 starts her dream business
02.13.2009
Thambirajah, who was born of Sri Lankan parents, started her company, Thevi Cosmetics, because she found that traditional makeup lines lacked products for what she calls the 'New Ethnic Market.'

Liu details role of apples in inhibiting breast cancer
02.12.2009
Six studies published in the past year by Cornell researcher Rui Hai Liu support the growing evidence that apples and other fruits and vegetables with phytochemicals inhibit the growth of mammary tumors.

David Campbell '77 speaks at Darwin Days
02.12.2009
A biology teacher at Ridgeview High School in Orange Park, Fla., David Campbell '77 visited campus Feb. 11 during Darwin Days to share his experiences teaching evolution and natural selection.

Experts: Biologically, race is no longer an issue
02.11.2009
A Feb. 10 panel discussion, part of 'Darwin Days' events marking the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth, provided perspectives on what race meant to Darwin and what it means to evolutionary biologists today.

Improved test can screen fungal pests for biofuel sources
02.11.2009
Cornell researchers have improved a method that can now rapidly screen hundreds of fungal species to find ones that can most efficiently produce biofuels from such nonfood sources as cornstalks.

Student presents talk at World Social Forum in Brazil
02.11.2009
Natural resources major Apollonya Porcelli '10 spoke on violence against nature and the social and economic structures that can prevent it, from grassroots to governmental levels.

Free Cornell podcasts offer career advice
02.10.2009
The job market may look increasingly bleak for graduating seniors and young alumni, but '10GoodMinutes,' a free weekly podcast of interviews with experts can help.

Cornell helps India's small farmers fight moth larvae
02.10.2009
Small farmers in India will soon have a cheaper, safer and more effective option for growing one of India's favorite foods: genetically modified eggplant, developed with Cornell's help.

Gravani discusses peanut plant salmonella outbreak
02.10.2009
When the media needed background on the national salmonella outbreak that has been traced to a Blakely, Ga., peanut-processing plant, they turned to food scientist Robert Gravani.

Cornell administrator Margaret Arion dies at 68
02.10.2009
Longtime administrative manager Margaret Mary Reynolds Arion, 68, of Ithaca, succumbed to a battle with lung cancer Feb. 4.

Mullestein Winter Garden offers color during snowy season
02.06.2009
Blood-red berries, blue-green needles, twisted scarlet stems and papery curls of bark offer some respite from Ithaca's monotonous gray at the Mullestein Winter Garden at the Cornell Plantations.

Five Cornellians named 2008 AAAS fellows
02.05.2009
Thomas J. Burr, Richard Durrett, Dexter Kozen, Sally McConnell-Ginet and John C. Schimenti have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

CU starts historic dual-degree programs with India
02.05.2009
Starting this summer, Cornell and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University will offer dual-degree programs in food science and plant breeding with up to 15 Indian students accepted for each program.

Cornell helps develop robotic tractor and sprayer
02.03.2009
Andrew Landers, a pesticide application engineer at NYSAES, is part of a $3.9 million USDA-funded project to develop, test and evaluate a fleet of autonomous tractors designed for precision agriculture applications.

CALS teaches professors how to be better leaders
02.02.2009
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers weeklong leadership training workshops twice a year to help faculty members improve their interpersonal skills.

'Unzipping' DNA reveals clues to gene expression
01.27.2009
By 'unzipping' single DNA molecules, a Cornell research team has gained new insight into how genes are packed and expressed within cells.

Four professors named 2008 Weiss fellows
01.26.2009
Bruce Ganem, Ronald Harris-Warrick, Mary Beth Norton and Richard Rand have been chosen for the 2008 Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowships for excellence in teaching and advising.

'Evil' fungi are beauteous and beneficial
01.26.2009
Mycologist Kathie Hodge, presented 'Beneath Notice: Little Fungi for Good and Evil,' Jan. 25, in Cornell's Mann Library as part of the Light in Winter Festival of Sciences and the Arts.

CU signs grape agreement with Sun World International
01.23.2009
Cornell and Sun World operate two of the world's leading fresh grape breeding programs. The venture aims to combine their research strengths to develop improved varieties for grape growers, both here and abroad.

Informal activities are vital for science literacy
01.20.2009
Such activities as visiting museums and zoos and watching science documentaries significantly contribute to scientific literacy, according to a new report from the National Research Council.

How protein receptors on cells switch on and off
01.16.2009
Researchers have provided a new insight into how receptors on cell surfaces turn off signals from the cell's environment. The findings have implications for better understanding cancer, AIDS and other illnesses.

Andrew Clark is first Meinig Family Investigator
01.15.2009
The professor of population genetics has been named the first Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences. The award supports 'outstanding, innovative faculty life sciences research at Cornell.'

How a terrorist food scare would affect consumers
01.14.2009
In a study, when people at a buffet learned that the chicken being served might be tainted by bird flu, they ate less of it. But they ate even less when they were told that terrorism was behind the flu threat.

Architecture program reclaims top ranking
01.14.2009
Cornell's undergraduate architecture program received top ranking - its fourth No. 1 ranking in five years - in the annual survey conducted by DesignIntelligence magazine.

Students help Botswana natural-foods company
01.14.2009
Over winter break, a Cornell team went to Botswana to help a fledgling natural-food products company that produces snacks from plants in the wild while benefiting local communities.

eLab grows student businesses
01.13.2009
Recent graduates of Student Agencies eLab, the not-for-profit business accelerator for Cornell undergrads, has secured major funding, stemming from eLab's help.

N.Y.'s first lady partners with Cornell on children's health
01.08.2009
New York first lady Michelle Paige Paterson visited campus Jan. 5 with hopes to improve the health of New York's children and reduce childhood obesity with help from Cornell University.

Head Start marks 20-year milestone in visit
01.08.2009
This past fall, the Geneva Head Start marked its 20th year touring the various facilities at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva.

Study: Mosquitoes beat out love song before mating
01.08.2009
Cornell researchers report in Science that the mosquitoes that carry dengue and yellow fevers create harmonic love songs before mating. Disrupting the duets could lead to control measures.

Evolutionary history of diatoms needs to be rewritten
01.07.2009
A new study suggests that after a sudden rise in species numbers, oceanic plankton called diatoms abruptly declined about 33 million years ago -- trends that coincided with severe global cooling.

Eisner shows butterfly's hind wings help evade predators
01.06.2009
Cornell research suggests that butterflies' hind wings help them evade predators, and their bright colors warn birds that chasing them isn't worth the energy.