Cornell researchers aim to unleash 'smart meter' potential

Striving for a future with smaller electric bills and a diminished need for more power plants, the NSF has awarded Cornell researchers $1 million to improve new residential electric storage systems.

'Freedom Interrupted' series to address police violence

'Freedom Interrupted: Race, Gender, Nation and Policing,' a campuswide, yearlong collaboration comprising symbolic, artistic and scholarly events, will discuss race, policing other victim groups.

Great New York State Fair sports Big Red involvement

Cornell University, the College of Veterinary Medicine and Cornell Cooperative Extension have a big presence at the 2016 New York State Fair.

Menschel fellow Jed Sparks aims to energize field study

As Cornell's 2016-17 Menschel Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Jed Sparks, who directs the Cornell Isotope Laboratory, will develop a handbook for field teaching this year.

New defense found against bacterial disease in tomatoes

Boyce Thompson Institute and Virginia Tech researchers have discovered how to detect the microbe that causes bacterial speck disease.

Forest elephants need 100 years to rally from poaching

Because forest elephants are one of the world's slowest reproducing mammals, it will take almost a century for them to recover from the intense poaching they have suffered since 2002, a study finds.

Early-onset spring models may indicate 'nightmare' for ag

Warm springs in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions – which create havoc for agriculture – may start earlier by mid-century if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced, says a new study in Climate Dynamics.

MOOC explores the Science and Politics of the GMO

Cornell's free, Massive Open Online Course, The Science and Politics of the GMO, launches Sept. 13 on edX.

Johnson to offer master's degree in accounting in 2017

A new master's degree in accounting will be offered at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management in fall 2017. The College of Business' first new degree, the program is designed for maximum flexibility.