Plantations seeks to control invasive plants and pests

Cornell Plantations must continually prevent invasive plants and animals from doing too much harm to the valuable living collection.

Historian to teach European leaders course this fall

Eminent historian Andrew Roberts will offer a course at Cornell this fall as the inaugural Merrill Visiting Professor in History. His lecture course will investigate the roles of 12 influential figures, including Napoleon, Stalin, Churchill and Thatcher.

Hampshire pig gets pioneering cancer treatment

Nemo, a Hampshire pig, is believed to be the first pig to be treated for lymphoma and to undergo chemotherapy. He's been living at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals.

Veverka wins astronomy’s prestigious Kuiper Prize

Joseph Veverka, professor emeritus of astronomy, who studied the many crannies, crevices, clefts and comets within our solar system, has become the second faculty member to win one of astronomy’s most distinguished awards – the Kuiper Prize.

Teachers tackle bioenergy in weeklong course on campus

Ten teachers are on campus for two weeks for the Bioenergy and Bioproducts Education Program Master Teacher Program to learn how to teach about bioenergy.

Microbiologist Norman Dondero dies at age 95

Norman C. Dondero, Ph.D. ’52, Cornell professor emeritus of microbiology died, July 10 at Kendal at Ithaca. He was 95.

Migration's effects across cultural, religious, racial lines

Professor of English Jane Juffer examines the effects of Latino migration to small towns in her new book, "Intimacy Across Borders: Race, Religion and Migration in the U.S. Midwest."

New project 'flips' the teaching of science

A new five-year pilot project in the College of Arts and Sciences will try a new way to teach science by saving class time for "deliberate practice."

Alumna recalls growing up in Frank Lloyd Wright house

Kim Brown Bixler ’91 entertained a Statler Auditorium crowd July 10 with stories of growing up in the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Rochester, N.Y.