Cornell loses a friend, but not a partnership

In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Alan Mathios talks about the legacy of Don Tobias, executive director of Cornell University Cooperative Extension - New York City, who died Nov. 22.

Lab 'rats' respond to tax on unhealthy foods

Menu-price experiments by Cornell economists show that excise taxes on unhealthy foods might cut calories and cholesterol from Americans’ lunch menus.

Better elephant stimulation needed to get good sperm

A Cornell and Smithsonian Institution study published in PLOS-ONE has found that how sperm is collected in Asian elephants matters in preserving this endangered species.

New project will preserve cow diversity for future

A new $500,000 grant is funding research to develop a stem cell-based system that could capture global herd diversity for future generations to tap.

Eight on faculty named AAAS fellows

Eight Cornell scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

Book links food security to political stability

Even more violent food riots and overthrown governments are predicted in a new book edited by Cornell's Christopher B. Barrett, “Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability.”

CUCE-NYC director Donald Tobias dies at 68

Donald Tobias, executive director of the Cornell University Cooperative Extension office in New York City since 2005, died Nov. 22 in New York City.

Learn about Affordable Care Act options Dec. 5

“Navigating the Affordable Care Act in New York” is set for Thursday, Dec. 5, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Tompkins Cortland Community College. Cornell Cooperation Extension will stream it live to their offices throughout the state.

Obesity at age 66 predicts health at 85, study finds

Women entering their senior years with a healthy weight and waist size have a significantly better chance of reaching age 85 without chronic disease or mobility impairment.