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Cornell Agroforestry Resource Center shows how forest owners can reap cash without harming the environment

The unique Cornell-affiliated Agroforestry Resource Center in the Hudson Valley teaches the region's forest owners how to reap extra cash from their land without necessarily having to cut trees down.

Accelerated MBA program for medical students broadens their horizons amid gorges views

Medical science and business skill are often perceived as being as vastly different as Manhattan gridlock and Ithaca gorges. A new joint-degree, cross-campus program is set upon bridging these worlds.

State awards $1 million Clean Energy Grant to hospital

New York state has awarded a $1 million grant to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to help fund the construction of a clean and efficient cogeneration plant and help lower the hospital's energy costs.

United Way's real stories are inspiring pictures of giving and receiving

Real lives. Real stories. Real change. The Cornell United Way campaign is not simply a feel-good exercise, although it does feel good to know you are helping to make a difference.

'The Body Project' portrays women's quest for perfection, with music

This fall, "The Body Project," a full-scale production, inspired in part by Cornell's Joan Jacobs Brumberg's book of the same title, explores women's dissatisfaction with their bodies.

Neurobiologist Ron Harris-Warrick receives Javits Award in the Neurosciences

Ron Harris-Warrick, professor of neurobiology and behavior, has been awarded the prestigious Sen. Jacob Javits Award in the Neurosciences.

Cornell's Garden Mosaics Program wins four multimedia awards

Cornell's Garden Mosaics Program, a science education and community action program promoting intergenerational and multicultural understanding the Chris Awards and the Telly Awards.

CALS launches online research portal

A new information portal brings together the varied research activities of the college, as well as the people, facilities and events involved.

With Daniel Lichter at the helm, Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center is ready to expand its mission

The director of the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center hopes to launch the center into a nationally known premium social sciences research center that sponsors groundbreaking work on human development and economic and family demography.

Duodenal switch may be more effective than gastric bypass, study finds

The most frequently performed weight-loss surgery, the gastric bypass, may not be the most effective in producing weight loss, according to a preliminary study by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Cornell's solar house takes second place in national competition

After a week of tense and intense judging in the 2005 Solar Decathlon solar-house design contest, the Cornell University team took second place to the University of Colorado in the final rankings.

Search for ivory-billed woodpecker featured this Sunday on '60 Minutes'

The news of the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker, long-believed extinct, stunned birders, scientists, conservationists, will be featured on CBS TV's '60 Minutes,' Oct. 16