Star faculty shine at CALS Faculty Idol

Seven College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty members participated in an event created as a fun way to get to know young faculty and their research March 19.

School gardens grow kids' physical activity levels

Children in schools with vegetable gardens got 10 minutes more of exercise than before their schools had gardens, reports a study on the benefits of school gardens.

Facebook status: 'Feel like disclosing innermost feelings'

A revealing study of personal privacy and self-disclosure on Facebook asks: What were you thinking when you hit "post?"

Tax-free business areas approved for START-UP NY

New York state recently accepted Cornell’s application for a campus plan outlining its tax-free zones in the START-UP NY program.

Dry future climate could reduce orchid bee habitat

By looking at how past climate changes may have affected orchid bees, Cornell researchers make predictions of how these forest bees might respond to future climate changes.

For a greening Cornell, three is a gold STARS charm

In the continuing effort to save energy, enhance environmental operations and increase ecological education, Cornell earned its third consecutive gold STARS rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Ethics contest revolves around Twitter and privacy

A student team that devised a plan to sell certain public tweets to Google and Microsoft has won first prize in the university’s second annual Stephen S. J. Hall Ethics Case Competition held March 7 at the School of Hotel Administration.

BEST program will train Ph.D.s for nonacademic careers

With so few available academic jobs, Cornell will start a NIH-funded pilot program to help train life sciences graduate students and postdocs for nonacademic positions. A kickoff event is March 18.

Gene family proven to suppress prostate cancer

Cornell researchers have found direct genetic evidence that a family of genes, called MicroRNA-34, are bona fide tumor suppressors.