Quality of diet, not quantity, is key to health of baby birds

Cornell researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the fatty acid composition in the tree swallow diet plays a key role in chick health and survival rates.

Collaboration to identify new disease resistance in tomato

Cornell researchers have been awarded $4.2 million by the National Science Foundation to explore natural genetic variation in the tomato immune system and to use the findings to improve crops.

New York foods entice Capitol Hill lawmakers

New York Farm Day Sept. 14 served up yogurt, chocolate, duck, whiskey, clams to wine ice cream on Capitol Hill as New York’s agricultural community showed their wares to the legislative community.

Extension specialists shine in disaster response role

Cornell Cooperative Extension specialists excelled in a recent statewide disaster response simulation administered by New York State's Office of Emergency Management.

Golden Goose Award honors bee expert's impact on computing

Thomas Seeley and four engineers from Georgia Tech will share the Fifth Annual Golden Goose Award for the "honeybee algorithm," which adapted basic bee research to the $50 billion web hosting industry.

Iscol lecturer to challenge mass jailing in Sept. 27 talk

The annual Iscol Family Program for Leadership Development in Public Service Lecture Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in G10 Biotech, features criminal justice reformer Glenn E. Martin.

Prasad: Despite yuan's meteoric rise, dollar will dominate

Eswar Prasad's latest book, "Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi," describes how China's currency is reshaping global finance, and explores the implications for the dollar's status as the dominant global reserve currency.

U.S. News ranks Dyson, Engineering at No. 9; Cornell at 15

In the 2017 U.S. News & World Report's Best National Universities rankings of 310 schools, Cornell held steady at No. 15 for the third consecutive year, while Dyson and Engineering were No. 9.

Adirondack Fishery Program establishes faculty fellowship

Cornell's new faculty fellowship in fisheries and aquatic sciences named for Dwight A. Webster, the professor of Fishery Biology who laid the groundwork for the Adirondack Fishery Research Program.