Student teams go global to help businesses

Each of eight student teams went to a different country as part of the Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Teams (SMART) program, to help businesses around the world.

On Earth Day, lecturer urges 'rethink, restore, reconnect'

Conservationist Peter Kareiva, Ph.D. ’81, delivered the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture April 22.

Environmentalist Mark Lynas to lecture April 29

Mark Lynas, who was anti-genetically modified crops, has done a complete turnaround. He will discuss the benefits of biotechnology in a changing climate, April 29 at 2 p.m. in Statler Auditorium.

Returning cicadas become smorgasbord for predators

Worry not, they don't bite. After a 16-year slumber underground, the 17-year cicadas – with their raucous rib-rendered buzz – return this spring, says Cole Gilbert, associate professor of entomology.

Group focuses on Nicaragua service learning, reflection

Students with Bridges to Community not only takes students to Nicaragua to build during spring break but also run a course to help students process their experiences.

Student entrepreneurs showcase their companies

Students presented their companies at Entrepreneurship@Cornell’s first annual eLab Demo Day April 18.

Food for seniors, vaccine delivery are the Big Ideas

Ideas to provide seniors with better food and deliver vaccines via peanuts won top prizes in the annual Big Idea competition April 19.

Entrepreneurship is future of global economy, Porges says

Entrepreneurship@Cornell banquet keynote speaker Shelly Porges '74, MPS '77, senior adviser at the Global Entrepreneurship Program, discussed the importance of entrepreneurship for global development.

Season-long leaf testing improves crop profitability

Cornell researchers are testing vegetable crop leaves to see if they're nutrient deficient, and if they are, they are nourishing the crops via 'fertigation' – delivering nutrients via irrigation.