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Nurseries to give big-city test to Cornell-cloned trees and tree-growing technique

New York City life is tough on trees. Compacted soil with high pH, low-hanging utility wires, an environment often hot and dry, and the city's harsh winters challenge a tree's survival and colorful foliage. So Cornell researchers…

National conference at Cornell explores land-grant mission in economic development

Should the figurative "three-legged stool" of the land-grant university mission -- teaching, research and extension -- add a fourth leg, economic development?This question, among others, was explored by more than 150 agricultural…

Challenge gift enriches Cornell experience for Native American students

A former chief of the Cayuga Wolf Clan and his wife have made a challenge grant to benefit Native American students in Cornell's American Indian Program. Frank and June Bonamie's gift of $25,000 could be tripled through the…

Trustee Philip Merrill's body recovered in Chesapeake Bay

The body of Cornell trustee and benefactor Philip Merrill '55, international statesman and adviser to U.S. and Cornell presidents, has been recovered in the Chesapeake Bay; his family said his death was "in all likelihood the…

Cornell acquires two more 'ecologically fragile' off-campus natural areas

Cornell Plantations has added two more natural areas to its just over 4,000 acres of biologically diverse and ecologically fragile natural areas. They are a 120-acre chestnut oak forest with a mountain laurel understory on Bald…

Cornell receives New York state funds to develop ultra-small, implantable sensors

Physicians may someday monitor a patient's blood flow, blood pressure and temperature with tiny, implantable devices -- some small enough to be injected into a person's vascular system -- thanks to research by a Cornell…

Cornell alumnus Andrew Colin McClung reaps 2006 World Food Prize

For the sixth time in its 19-year history, the World Food Prize has been won by a Cornellian. He is Andrew Colin McClung, Cornell M.S. '49 and Ph.D. '50 in soil science, of King Ferry, N.Y. One of three 2006 recipients to share…

Who will help older mothers when they most need it? By far, their No.1 choice is daughters, Cornell study finds

Mothers aged 65 to 75 are almost four times more likely to expect a daughter, rather than a son, to be their caregiver if they become sick or disabled, reports a new Cornell University study. These mothers also are much more…

Cornell Lab of Ornithology produces a 'Who's Hooo' of North American owl sounds

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has just released a two-CD guide, "Voices of North American Owls." Call it a veritable "Who's Hooo" of North American owl sounds. The CDs give voice to more than 19 species of owls and their…

When victims are white, stereotypes of blacks influence who gets death sentences, new study shows

When victims of capital crimes are white, jurors are more likely to hand down death sentences to defendants with stereotypically black features, a new study from four universities, including Cornell, shows. The study, "Looking…

Did outreach really work? Cornell team will develop tools to evaluate science and technology education

Almost every research grant these days includes an "outreach" component: As a condition of their federal government funding, researchers are expected to inform the public about their findings and support science and technology…

Going with your first hunch isn't always the way to go, Cornell psychologist tells alumni

After a quick introduction by Peter Lepage, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell professor of psychology Tom Gilovich began his Reunion Weekend lecture on "The Fallibility of Everyday Thinking," June 9, with a…