Cornell professor faults systemic failures in salmonella outbreak from peanut butter

When the media needed background on the national salmonella outbreak that has been traced to a Blakely, Ga., peanut-processing plant, they turned to food scientist Robert Gravani. (Feb. 10, 2009)

Cornell administrator Margaret Arion dies at 68

Longtime administrative manager Margaret Mary Reynolds Arion, 68, of Ithaca, succumbed to a battle with lung cancer Feb. 4. (Feb. 10, 2009)

Bark, berry and cone: The Mullestein Winter Garden offers color during Ithaca's snowy season

Blood-red berries, blue-green needles, twisted scarlet stems and papery curls of bark offer some respite from Ithaca's monotonous gray at the Mullestein Winter Garden at the Cornell Plantations. (Feb. 6, 2009)

Students vie to enroll in new dual-degree programs linking traditional India with state-of-the-art Cornell

Starting this summer, Cornell and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University will offer dual-degree programs in food science and plant breeding with up to 15 Indian students accepted for each program. (Feb. 5, 2009)

Five on faculty honored as AAAS fellows

Thomas J. Burr, Richard Durrett, Dexter Kozen, Sally McConnell-Ginet and John C. Schimenti have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Feb. 5, 2009)

Cornell helps develop robotic tractor and sprayer with shared $3.9 million grant

Andrew Landers, a pesticide application engineer at NYSAES, is part of a $3.9 million USDA-funded project to develop, test and evaluate a fleet of autonomous tractors designed for precision agriculture applications. (Feb. 3, 2009)

Weeklong training helps CALS professors cope with others' tears and fears

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers weeklong leadership training workshops twice a year to help faculty members improve their interpersonal skills. (Feb. 2, 2009)

Researchers 'unzip' molecules to measure interactions keeping DNA packed in cells

By 'unzipping' single DNA molecules, a Cornell research team has gained new insight into how genes are packed and expressed within cells. (Jan. 27, 2009)

Four professors named 2008 Weiss Presidential fellows

Bruce Ganem, Ronald Harris-Warrick, Mary Beth Norton and Richard Rand have been chosen for the 2008 Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowships for excellence in teaching and advising. (Jan. 26, 2009)