Maria Julia Felippe, Ruth Ley and John March have received National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Awards, which includes $1.5 million over five years. (Oct. 4, 2010)
The Urban Forestry Community Engagement project seeks to recruit and educate urban residents in how to care for young trees in their communities. (Sept. 29, 2010)
A two-year, $60,000 grant will be used to adapt a research-based model that pairs Cornell Cooperative Extension with public schools to provide interventions for at-risk youth. (Sept. 28, 2010)
On Campus Sustainability Day, Oct. 20, CALS will launch CALS Green, an energy conservation and sustainability initiative to promote environmentally conscientious behavior among students, faculty and staff. (Sept. 27, 2010)
Four departments in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on the Ithaca campus merged with their Geneva-based sister departments as of July 1.. (Sept. 27, 2010)
Plant pathologist George Hudler and extension plant pathologist Dawn Dailey O'Brien have won an award for producing 'Branching Out' - an integrated pest management newsletter - since 1994. (Sept. 27, 2010)
Richard Korf, a professor emeritus of mycology who has traveled to nearly every continent to collect fungi, was awarded the Ainsworth Medal for outstanding contributions to international mycology. (Sept. 27, 2010)