Summer interns enhance life in New York communities

From Buffalo to Long Island, the North Country to the Southern Tier, Cornell undergraduates – serving as interns – spent their summer enhancing life in New York.

New gene drive technology evokes hopes and fears

Cornell researchers have used mathematical models to illuminate the promises – and potential problems – of a new genome editing mechanism, called a gene drive.

Zalaznick awards support course expansion, TAs

Eight faculty members from four colleges were honored recently with awards from the Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantship program, allowing them to expand courses or add teaching assistants.

Prison education program to expand with Mellon grant

With a $1 million Mellon grant and a goal of building a model college-in-prison network, the Cornell Prison Education Program will expand to offer classes and degree programs in four upstate prisons.

Premarital births no longer predict breakups

Examining changes in parental unions near the time of childbirth, Cornell social science researchers have found that premarital births do not predict breakups so long as couples marry – at some point – after a child is born.

Scientists unravel root cause of plant twists and turns

Facing challenging terrain where plant roots must cope with barriers, Cornell physicists and Boyce Thompson Institute plant biologists have discovered a valuable plant root action.

Agreement signed with Asia's biggest dairy producer

Cornell University signed its first research agreement on Sept. 23 with Yili Group, the largest dairy producer in China. The accord is expected to be the first of many between the two.

African banker Mwangi kicks off Dyson speaker series

James Mwangi, CEO of African bank Equity Group Holdings – a banking conglomerate with the largest customer base on the African continent - spoke on campus Sept. 22 about his business philosophy.

Students train to collect, evaluate data in Tanzania

Associate professor of city and regional planning Stephan Schmidt led students in a data collection workshop in Tanzania, with benefits for public health, wildlife conservation and land tenure.