Barn swallow behavior shift may be evolutionary

A new population of barn swallows near Buenos Aires, established only about 30 years ago, has adapted both its migration cycle and its breeding cycle in a dramatically short time.

'Servant-leader' role suits Weber-Shirk, AguaClara program

Students teach students and make many of the key decisions in AguaClara, a program that for more than a decade has helped communities in Honduras have potable running water.

AguaClara opens its 14th Honduras plant, debuts micro system

AguaClara has opened its 14th water processing plant in Honduras, and has expanded its reach into that country's smallest villages with development of a new, compact system.

Doctoral student named Future Leader in Science

Ann Bybee-Finley, a second-year doctoral student at Cornell studying cropping systems resilience with a focus on Northeastern dairy producers, has been named a 2017 Future Leader in Science.

Grant explores using seminal fluid proteins to control mosquitoes

Cornell researchers are exploring a new approach to reducing the spread of mosquito-borne viruses through seminal fluid proteins from male mosquitoes that disrupt the reproductive biology in females.

Gregory Poe, expert in environmental economics, dies at 56

Gregory Poe, professor of applied economics and management, died unexpectedly March 11 at his home in Ithaca. His work focused on applied welfare economics, nonmarket valuation, experimental economics and water pollution policy.

Students survey beetles, piranha, sharks for Earthwatch

Environmental and Sustainability Sciences majors – journeyed to three points around the globe to conduct hands-on research in January via Earthwatch.

Mann Award winner studies degenerative disease

Peter Sullivan, a fifth-year doctoral student, is the winner of this year's Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award for his research on ALS and FTLD.

Milkweed defensive strategy drives away friends of enemies

A new study shows how milkweed toxins affect the web of creatures that surround the predatory aphids, especially ants, which frequently serve as aphid protectors.