Kill flies by alternating pesticides, monitoring need

A Cornell entomologist studies housefly resistance to pesticides in dairy farms and offers strategies for more effective control.

Reunion forum explores genetically engineered crops

A panel of experts discussed genetically engineered crops and the future of food during Reunion 2014 for alumni.

Atkinson Center awards $1.4 million to new projects

Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future gives $1.4 million from their Academic Venture Fund to 12 new scientific projects. The awards were culled from a record-setting 49 proposals.

Geothermal heat pumps keep cell tower cool

In collaboration with Verizon Wireless, Cornell engineers are testing a geothermal heat pump system to control the climate of a cellular tower shelter on campus.

New school positions plant and soil science for the future

Five departments in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – Plant Biology, Horticulture, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Crop and Soil Sciences, and Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology – have been consolidated into the School of Integrative Plant Science.

Maya Lin's 'Sound Ring' unveiled at Lab of Ornithology

The “Sound Ring”sculpture is the latest work from renowned artist Maya Lin, designed as a gift to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for its conservation efforts around the world.

'Critical zone' study expands with $1.4M NSF award

The study of what earth scientists call the “critical zone” – the area where rock, water soil, organisms and the atmosphere meet – is expanding with a $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant.

Irish potato famine pathogen originated in Mexico

Settling a long-established debate over the origin of Phytophthora infestans – the pathogen that led to the Irish potato famine in the 1840s – plant scientists now conclude from genetic analyses that it came from Central Mexico and not the Andes.

High tunnels at Plantations to simulate climate change

Researchers will simulate the effects of potential climate change conditions under plastic on plants using small greenhouses at Cornell Plantations.