Professor of practice Jon McKenzie is helping area students see the possibilities in making media, from info comics to video, to tell stories about real issues in their lives and in their communities.
Cornell AgriTech researchers are tackling a form of onion leaf blight that recently has affected 75% of New York state onion crops, a $44.7 million industry.
A group of researchers led by adjunct professor David Stern, president of the Boyce Thompson Institute, has developed a type of corn that is chill-resistant, which could increase growing area and productivity.
Undergraduates can now apply for the new Science Communication and Public Engagement minor, designed to prepare students to be socially engaged scientists who can clearly communicate their findings.
The state Capitol building in Albany was awash in Cornell red on Jan. 27 as state Senate and Assembly members welcomed more than 50 Cornell Cooperative Extension directors from across the state.
Cornell researchers have determined that a hemp plant’s propensity to “go hot” – become too high in THC – is determined by genetics, not as a stress response to growing conditions.
Cornell and Rice University researchers have found that while adding carbon organic matter to fields is advantageous, it may muddle the beneficial underground communication between legume plants and microorganisms.
The Cornell Orchards Store – long a retail outlet for the university’s apples, fresh cider and other fruit grown at the Cornell Orchards, along Route 366 – will close Jan. 31.
New Cornell research indicates facial recognition abilities in wasps evolved relatively rapidly suggesting their increasing intelligence provided an incredible evolutionary advantage.
