In a panel of new proposed federal dietary guidelines in Washington, D.C., March 18, two Cornell professors look at their potential impact and food-industry efforts to weaken the guidelines.
New York high school student Nosa Akol has received the 2015 4-H Youth in Action Award. Akol was selected from more than 80 candidates nationwide for driving positive community change and overcoming personal challenges.
Michael McFaul, U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014, discussed tensions in the U.S.-Russia relationship on campus March 16 in the Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship lecture.
The student-run Tribal Economic Development Summit Feb. 28 at the Law School brought together Native American law alumni to discuss the opportunities and challenges of economic development.
A free six-week online course called “EECapacity for Public Garden Educators," co-hosted by Cornell, helps public garden educators transform their natural assets into community resources.
The System of Rice Intensification, a method of growing rice that enhances crop yields and is resilient to climate change, won the international Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security.
Several graduate engineering fields at Cornell are in the top 10 in U.S. News and World Report’s 2016 "Best Graduate Schools" rankings, released March 10. Cornell Law School was ranked 13th overall and Johnson was ranked 16th.
Eight individuals and the officers of a women’s leadership organization received Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Awards for their contributions to improving the climate for women at Cornell.
Cornell researchers have developed a way to predict bad mutations in the maize genome, addressing a major challenge for breeders trying to grow better crops and feed rising populations.
