Plant biologist Charles Uhl, professor emeritus and a well-recognized expert on the cytogenetics of the stonecrop family, died Aug. 29 at age 92. (Sept. 16, 2010)
Frank DiSalvo said at the Sustainable Earth, Energy and Environmental Systems speaker series that significant progress toward sustainable energy, including solar energy, will occur by mid-century. (Sept. 15, 2010)
A year after the release of Cornell's comprehensive Climate Action Plan, a host of projects puts the university on a path to meet or surpass sustainability goals in the coming years. (Sept. 15, 2010)
The institute, which opened its labs and offices in 2008, is part of Cornell's New Life Sciences Initiative to drive revolutionary advances in the life sciences. (Sept. 15, 2010)
Francisco Bastos de Oliveira, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell, was awarded the 2010 Sam and Nancy Fleming Research Fellowship from Cornell's Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology. (Sept. 15, 2010)
The recent explosion of bed bug problems can only be resolved with awareness and prevention, said a Cornell expert speaking to reporters Sept. 14. And beware of recycled furniture, she said.
Cleptoparasitic bees, which secretly invade host nests and lay their eggs there, may have originated millions of years earlier than previously thought, study finds.
The Ag Quad now features a giant sod sofa - thanks to the efforts of two dozen Art of Horticulture students and their instructor, Marcia Eames-Sheavly. (Sept. 9, 2010)
Elephants are not bothered by dynamite explosions, but nearby human activity prompts them to dramatically change their behavior, reports a Cornell study. (Sept. 8, 2010)
