A newly launched insurance program designed by Cornell postdoctoral researcher Sommarat Chantarat and colleagues could help herders in northern Kenya climb out of poverty. (March 2, 2010)
Economist Robert Moffitt, a leading expert on the economics of welfare reform, recently spent a week at Cornell to lecture in classes and work with students. (March 2, 2010)
A team of extension educators are working in northern New York to promote local foods by organizing a conference, workshop, symposium, calendar and 'Meet the Farmer' dinners. (March 2, 2010)
The harder consumers try to track how much their groceries will cost, the worse they do, according to a new study co-authored by Brian Wansink in the March issue of the Journal of Marketing. (March 1, 2010)
Cornell's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has received $7.5 million from the National Science Foundation for the continuing support of the Jicamarca Radio Observatory near Lima, Peru. (March 1, 2010)
The NYS Integrated Pest Management program has been cut from the proposed New York budget. Yet it saves farmers millions of dollars and keeps New Yorkers safer and healthier, says a Cornell expert.
'Take a Nanooze Break' is the latest Cornell-developed science exhibit to be displayed at Innoventions at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park in Florida. (March 1, 2010)
The sequenced genome helps researchers better understand the biology of the aphid, which may allow them to design new strategies to control these pests. (Feb. 23, 2010)
