NYC Council Speaker Quinn announces new food strategy in speech at Food and Finance H.S.

In a Nov. 22 tour of the Food and Finance High School, a partner school with Cornell, Christine Quinn, speaker of the New York City Council, toured the aquaponics lab and rooftop garden. (Nov. 24, 2010)

Faculty panel sees old patterns and new possibilities in digital culture

A 'Meeting of the Minds' faculty panel examined how biomedical and digital technology affect human experience. The panel was the centerpiece of 'Cornell on the Charles' event, Nov. 18 in Boston. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Study: Midwest farm drainage systems partly to blame for Gulf of Mexico dead zones

The tile drainage systems in upper Mississippi farmlands - from Minnesota to across Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio - are the biggest contributors of nitrogen runoff into the Gulf of Mexico, reports a new study. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Researchers receive $9.4 million from NSF for maize and rice genomics projects

Cornell researchers will develop a tool to knock out genes in maize and will sequence wild rice genes, identify their functions and insert key genes into cultivated lines for breeders. (Nov. 22, 2010)

Electrons can't exceed the speed of light -- thanks to light itself, says biologist

The viscous force that arises from Doppler-shifted photons prevents electrons from exceeding the speed of light, according to Randy Wayne, professor of plant biology. (Nov. 18, 2010)

Local alumnus Steve Kraus to head up farrier program

Steve Kraus '70, a local farrier has been named the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine's head farrier, effective Nov. 1., succeeding Michael Wildenstein, who will be retiring. (Nov. 16, 2010)

Conservatory Greenhouse closes over safety concerns

The L.H. Bailey Conservatory Greenhouse was closed last month by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences due to safety concerns, but CALS leaders say they are committed to meeting the conservatory need. (Nov. 15, 2010)

Graduate student Ryan Crowder dies in Nicaragua

President David Skorton issued a message of condolence Nov. 15 on the death of Ryan Crowder, who was working in Nicaragua on a sustainable fisheries initiative. A support meeting will be held Nov. 16. (Nov. 15, 2010)

Pinstrup-Andersen on African hunger at U.N.: Break down barriers, develop new incentives

To improve human health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa, barriers that exist between the food and health systems need to be broken down, said Per Pinstrup-Andersen speaking at the U.N. (Nov. 15, 2010)