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Hatfield talk takes on challenges of drug discovery Oct. 27

George Scangos '70 will discuss how innovative biopharmaceutical companies are developing transformative therapies and working to ensure patients' access to them while meeting the demands of shareholders.

Cornell helps farm get veterans job-training approval

The Cornell Small Farms Program Farm Ops initiative helped Kreher's Poultry Farm in Clarence, New York, receive approval as the state's first on-the-job training program for military veterans to become farmers.

Economist, partners clinch USAID award for drought insurance

Development economist Chris Barrett and his research partners won an award from USAID for their innovative livestock insurance research. The insurance saves nomadic herders from falling into poverty during times of drought.

Extension educators make ag development connections

Cornell Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Community Development program work team recently hosted a two-day workshop for CCE educators and other agriculture support entities who work with mid- to large-scale producers across New York state.

Blau leads research on immigration's U.S. economic impact

Immigration has minimal long-term impact on wages and employment of native-born U.S. workers, according to a report co-edited by ILR School professor Francine D. Blau.

Phenomena at rural-urban interface topic of conference

At the New Rural-Urban Interface held Sept. 29-30, social scientists from Cornell and elsewhere gathered to discuss the cultural, demographic, economic and political dimensions of the changing landscape.

Roper Center honors Stimson for superior public opinion work

This fall, the Roper Center, the world's largest public opinion archive, will honor the first political scientist to quantify the country's swings from conservatism to liberalism and back again.

Scholarly Commons hits 1M downloads of hospitality research

The Scholarly Commons, featuring the work of faculty and researchers from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration and used by academics and practitioners, has hit 1 million downloads.

Cornell Tech grads' Uru seeks wide-open (video) spaces

Two Cornell Tech master's graduates have won a World Congress on Information Technology award for their computer-vision invention, Uru, which projects advertising onto blank surfaces in a video.