Students take top prize for developing cassava cookies for poor nations

Various Cornellians reaped prizes at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting, June 11-14, including a student team who took first prize for developing cassava cookies for poor countries.

Cornell receives $500,000 to tackle salmonella in tomatoes

Two Cornell experts are teaming up to tackle salmonella contamination in produce, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative through the USDA.

CALS partners with South African university

Cornell has strengthened its presence in Africa by formalizing a research relationship with the Faculty of AgriSciences of Stellenbosch University in South Africa. (June 27, 2011)

Benefit concert for Japanese relief features Cornell's <br />new baroque organ

A benefit concert for Japanese relief efforts, featuring Cornell's new baroque organ, will be held Saturday, July 2, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Cornell's Anabel Taylor Chapel. (June 22, 2011)

$5 million USDA grant to advance community food systems

To foster the growth of equitable, healthful and sustainable community food systems, Cornell will receive $1 million of a five-year, $5 million multistate project. (June 21, 2011)

CU experts confirm emerald ash borer in Buffalo, Rochester

Cornell researchers have confirmed a new infestation of the emerald ash borer in Erie County, N.Y., for the first time. (June 21, 2011)

State's first hops specialist on tap to promote New York beer production

Cornell Cooperative Extension has hired a hops specialist to promote New York beer production while using local sources, reducing their carbon footprint and keeping jobs in the state. (June 21, 2011)

From biochar to organic crops, Cornell research farm helps grow N.Y. economy

Cornell's Musgrave Research Farm near Aurora, N.Y., is home to some 50 research projects, including biochar and organic cropping systems.

Students from around the nation spend summer at Cornell

The Departments of Food Science and of Plant Pathology each host about one dozen undergraduates from around the country as summer scholars to garner career interest in their fields. (June 20, 2011)