Settling a long-established debate over the origin of Phytophthora infestans – the pathogen that led to the Irish potato famine in the 1840s – plant scientists now conclude from genetic analyses that it came from Central Mexico and not the Andes.
The Cornell Student United Way received national recognition at the United Way Worldwide Community Leaders Conference, May 15 in National Harbor, Maryland.
With news reports of toxic cadmium-tainted rice in China, a new study describes a transporter in Arabidopsis that holds promise for developing iron-rich, but cadmium-free crops.
Twenty students, faculty and staff members in Cornell’s contract colleges have won State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence for 2014.
On May 21, the Cornell Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honored 33 outstanding graduating seniors and the high school teachers and university faculty members who made important contributions to the students' lives.
On a blissfully perfect, cloudless Sunday, Cornell University graduated its 146th class May 25. Seniors assembled to hug, shed tears, share joy and walk in procession to Schoellkopf Stadium.
