With a burgeoning world population and fewer places to grow food, Cornell scientists have begun to locate high-production genes from wild plants to put into domesticated, edible crop plants.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The northward spread of raccoon rabies can be halted by vaccination barrier zones, veterinarians and wildlife biologists at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine are predicting. A preliminary assessment of vaccine trials in New York, Vermont and Ohio, where oral vaccines are dropped from aircraft into raccoon rabies-free areas, points to the barrier zone strategy as the most promising way to prevent further spread of the disease, the Cornell experts say. But the vaccination barrier should be extended across northern New Hampshire and Maine, they recommend, before treating East Coast states that already are infected with wildlife rabies.
Debra Castillo, professor of Romance studies and comparative literature, has been appointed to a three-year term as director of Cornell's Latin American Studies Program.
Robert Jarrow, Cornell professor of finance, economics and investment management at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, has been named the IAFE/SunGard Financial Engineer of the Year by the International Association of Financial Engineers.
For months the growers have listened carefully to the agricultural advice of the Cornell Cooperative Extension agents. Now, it is harvest time at one of New York City's most-advanced farms: the hydroponic rooftop garden of the High School for Environmental Studies on West 56th Street.
Ten plant-related topics, from the natural history of Henry Thoreau to the search for new jungle medicine, are scheduled in the Cornell Plantations Fall 1997 Lecture Series, beginning Sept. 18.
Although numerous programs try to help children recognize and deal with verbal and physical aggression, one Cornell University program has been shown to significantly reduce children's aggressive behavior.
From one ecologist's perspective, the American system of farming grain-fed livestock consumes resources far out of proportion to the yield, accelerates soil erosion, affects world food supply and will be changing in the future.
From one ecologist's perspective, the American system of farming grain-fed livestock consumes resources far out of proportion to the yield, accelerates soil erosion, affects world food supply and will be changing in the future.
The 'greening' of American backyards - as more people turn to composting food scraps - is turning some dogs a bilious shade of green. Certain microorganisms and the toxins they produce can sicken or even kill dogs that get into the wrong compost pile, a Cornell veterinary toxicologist is warning.
Local 2300 of the United Auto Workers and Cornell have tentatively reached agreement on a four-year contract that both parties endorse. A ratification vote is scheduled for Thursday evening and Friday morning and afternoon.
A Cornell entomologist has confirmed the summer's first adult Asian long-horned beetles have emerged from their larval stage, and several have been found in hardwood trees in Amityville. The beetle attacks and kills hardwoods like the Norway maple.
