Food Venture Center helps company pickle success

Upstate businessman Mike Trudell brought his Perfectly Pickled Products to market with the aid of the Cornell Food Venture Center.

Christa Glazier ’01 receives Cornell NY Hometown Alumni Award

Christa Glazier ’01 was presented with the second Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award in Syracuse Aug. 28.

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Atkinson Center offers leadership program for real-world impact

The Atkinson Sustainability Leadership Program will help postdoctoral researchers and graduate students translate ideas from the academy into real-world impact.

Groundwater loss prompts more California land sinking

Despite higher-than-normal amounts of rain in early 2017, the large agricultural and metropolitan communities that rely on groundwater in central California experienced only a short respite from an ongoing drought.

EnoCert program spurs winery operation expertise

EnoCert, a new certification program offered through the Cornell Enology Extension Lab at Cornell AgriTech, helps winery employees and aspiring wine professionals grasp the nuances of this art from vine to glass.

Faulty ‘eat-me’ signal may trigger neurodegeneration

The nervous system maintains itself via phagocytes that clear out dead neuronal material, but faulty signals may actually cause healthy neurites to be destroyed, causing neurodegeneration.

AI speeds effort to protect endangered elephants

Artificial intelligence is helping Cornell's Elephant Listening Project learn critical information about forest elephants faster, to better protect the endangered animals from poachers and other threats.

Tree swallow study: Brief stressors have long-term effects

Two recent studies on tree swallows use an innovative study design to uncover long-term consequences of brief but major stressful events.

Meet Cornell’s new brewing expert

On Aug. 20, Kaylyn Kirkpatrick joined the Department of Food Science as brewing extension associate based at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York.