College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Conservation practices to be examined in lecture

Irus Braverman will deliver the Society for the Humanities and the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Annual Lecture, Feb. 20.

Citizen science helps bridge research gap

Cornell Lab of Ornithology researcher Caren Cooper gave a presentation, “Citizens of Science: When Advances are Powered by Crowds,” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago, Feb. 16.

Make STEM grad school relevant, says Cornell's Lewenstein

A national effort to rethink how graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math fields are trained was the topic of a Feb. 14 American Association for the Advancement of Science panel that included remarks from Bruce Lewenstein, Cornell professor of science communication.

Cornell-led collaboration seeks marine disease solutions

A group of Cornell professors from a range of fields is collaborating to better understand and remediate the impact of warming oceans.

Sea star wasting devastates Pacific Coast species

Cornell researchers are looking into the cause of an unprecedented die-off of West Coast sea star species from Alaska to Mexico.

Scientists jump start New York businesses

Supported by New York state, the National Science Foundation and Cornell, the CCMR Industrial Partnerships Program has been helping companies develop and optimize new products since 2001.

Sweet service: Student aids Cameroon cocoa farmers

Timothy Smith ’14 is working with people in Cameroon to create an organic cocoa teaching and research farm to help cocoa growers escape poverty.

Professor Roger Spanswick dies at 74

Roger Morgan Spanswick, professor of biological and environmental engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, died Feb. 12 in Ithaca at age 74.

Game-winning 'momentum' illusion is but a delusion

A hot hand may be hokum: Cornell researchers have examined the concept of “winning momentum” with varsity college hockey teams, and they conclude that momentum advantages don’t exist, says a new study in the journal Economics Letters.