Polls produced by students reveal shifting attitudes

Younger citizens are taking more liberal social positions, according to polls conducted by students in the course "Taking America’s Pulse," where students design, conduct and analyze a real public opinion poll.

Saving puffins and 'King Penguin,' too

Project Puffin founder Steve Kress, Ph.D. '72, writes a scientific memoir of how he and a dedicated band of seabird-fostering conservationists brought Fratercula arctica back to Maine’s barren, offshore islands.

Interactive linguistics tool detects political 'framing'

As strategists gear up for the 2016 campaign, communication researchers are recruiting political news junkies in a nationwide test of an interactive tool that draws attention to framing in political issues.

$10M grant aims to save citrus from greening disease

A diverse group of researchers received a five-year, $10 million United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant to find a solution to citrus greening disease.

Plant experts discuss new seeds and old seed catalogs

At Mann Library's Harvesting Heritage event June 5, researchers and home gardeners learned about efforts to preserve ancient traits in the tomato and Cornell's collection of historical seed.

Talks connect faculty, youth-focused extension partners

Ways to address major social problems among youth were discussed at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research's fifth Youth Development Research Update, June 2-3 in Ithaca.

Free app helps diagnose leaf-or-death situations

Leaf Doctor analyzes a photograph of a damaged leaf and quantifies the percentage and severity of disease, an important measure for researchers and extension agents in the field.

Tweet! Upload your bird photos, and Merlin IDs species

In a breakthrough for computer vision and for bird-watching, researchers and bird enthusiasts have enabled computers to achieve a task that stumps most humans - identifying hundreds of bird species pictured in photos.

Atkinson Center directorship named for retiring DiSalvo

David Atkinson '60 has announced that he and his wife, Patricia, have endowed the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the Atkinson Center in honor of the retiring director Frank DiSalvo.