To encourage young scientists to consider careers helping developing nations, a new three-week course, Rice: Research to Production, co-taught by CU's Susan McCouch, was launched in the Philippines in May. (June 20, 2007)
While humans stray from their mates for any number of reasons, superb starling females appear to stray for the sake of their chicks, according to recent Cornell research. (June 19, 2007)
Cornell's Carl D. Hopkins and a former undergraduate student have discovered that African electric fish couples not only use specific electrical signals to court but also engage in a sort of dueling 'electric duet.' (June 19, 2007)
CherryPharm Inc., a start-up company that sells an all-natural, tart cherry sports drink developed in conjunction with Cornell food scientists, has received $2.3 million from the Cayuga Venture Fund. (June 19, 2007)
Ongoing on-farm field trials since 2002 by a team that include farmers and Cornell researchers in 10 counties are showing that farmers can use less nitrogen to save money and reduce environmental impact. (June 19, 2007)
Even steelworkers are taking climate change very seriously, said Leo Gerard, president of United Steelworkers, at the ILR School's Global Labor Institute meeting on labor and the climate crisis, in May. (June 19, 2007)
Professors Barbara Baird and John Silcox spoke June 15 about potential breakthroughs that nanotechnology promises, from devices that recognize diseases to sensors that detect toxins in the environment. (June 18, 2007)
Almost 380 participants heard about drug delivery, ethics and even science fiction at the 30th anniversary celebration of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility, June 14. (June 18, 2007)
Nearly 30 journalists got a firsthand look at nanotechnology research at the Kavli Institute at Cornell Journalist's Workshop in Nanotechnology, June 13. (June 18, 2007)
Cornell Law School has named Ra'id Juhi Hamadi Al-Saiedi, former chief investigative judge of the Iraqi High Tribunal, to be the school's first Clarke Middle East Fellow. (June 18, 2007)
Astronomy graduate student Yanling Wu is a 2007 recipient of the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad. (June 14, 2007)
