Agriculture and Life Sciences

Cookie Dough Remodel wins ice cream contest

Cookie Dough Remodel was the winning flavor in this year's ice cream flavor contest. The theme was the remodeled Stocking Hall.

Ithaca No. 1 in Peace Corps volunteers

Ithaca tops the 2013 list of metropolitan areas with the highest per capita number of Peace Corps volunteers, moving up from No. 3 in 2012.

Media financer invests in new faculty

Peggy Koenig ’78 has made gift to faculty and to a new technology hub for the Department of Communication.

Transitions at NYSAES pave the way for the future

Four Geneva-based faculty in the Department of Food Science will move to the Ithaca campus over the next two to three years.

Novakovic talks on charged farm topics in D.C.

With the current, extended Farm Bill set to expire Dec. 31, Washington-based journalists met Dec. 5 with Farm Bill and dairy expert Andy Novakovic, professor in Cornell’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, to discuss the legislative possibilities.

Bacteria tails implicated in gut inflammation

New research reveals how proteins from bacteria tails may lead to inflammation when they come in contact with gut lining cells.

Bacteria research inspires students' creative artwork

As disciplines, art and science may seem worlds apart, but a Cornell course bridges the two by using microbiologist Ruth Ley's research as inspiration.

'Pride' award to Plantations' Cascadilla project

Improvements to the lower entrance of Cascadilla Glen - and a metal artist's gate, in particular - have earned Cornell Plantations a 2013 Pride of Ownership award.

Faculty agree on viability of electric cars at screening

After screening the documentary “Revenge of the Electric Car," faculty members discussed the merits of the cars with the film's director Dec. 4.