A deadly fish virus - viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus - first discovered in the Northeast in 2005, has been found for the first time in Lake Superior. The virus is now in all of the Great Lakes.
The board of trustees has approved a plan that calls for a 4.5 percent tuition increase for undergrads in the endowed colleges and an increase of the same dollar amount for the state-supported colleges.
An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers has devised a new way to make vaccines that promises to prevent diseases much more cheaply. (Jan. 25, 2010)
Oliver S. Schaufelberger, 20, an environmental science major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, died Jan. 13 at his home in Lebanon, N.J. Calling hours will be held Jan. 17 in Lebanon. (Jan. 15, 2010)
Chemical codes that control the behavior of normal and malignant cells have been identified and may lead to more precise treatment for people with leukemia.
Andrew M. Novakovic, the E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics at Cornell, has been named to a new federal Dairy Industry Advisory Committee for a two-year term. (Jan. 7, 2010)
Susan Murphy, vice president for student and academic services, expressed the university's condolences on the deaths of Clayton DeFisher and Adam Frey during the university's winter break.
