Of mice and men: House mice used to track human migration

A new study finds that the mice who accompanied humans in their dispersal across Earth prove to be an ideal way to document human migration. (March 19, 2012)

New and much cheaper genomics technique takes off

Less than a year after after publication, a technique - genotyping-by-sequencing - to analyze genetic information is taking off because the method is cheap and easy, and it generates terabytes of data. (March 19, 2012)

Gymnast with epilepsy founds club and fruit fly lab to 'change the face of epilepsy'

Kaitlin Hardy '12, a sufferer of seizures, founded a student organization that raises awareness of the disorder on campus and in the community, and runs Cornell's only student-run lab. (March 19, 2012)

Frontiers symposium to celebrate women life scientists

'Frontiers in the Life Sciences - a Symposium Celebrating Excellence' will bring eight elite female life scientists to campus for lectures, mentoring, networking and discussions April 2-3. (March 15, 2012)

Atkinson Center announces student grant awards

Graduate students win new sustainability grants for research on biogeochemical processes related to climate science and research on sustainable biodiversity.

Rare 'corpse plant' preparing to bloom on campus

Rare corpse flower is about to bloom in Cornell's Kenneth Post Laboratory, an event that has been recorded only 140 times.

Sorority knocks lights out to win conservation contest

The Alpha Xi Delta sorority knocked the competition's lights out as grand champions in Cornell's bid in an energy saving contest. (March 13, 2012)

What drives honeybees and humans to explore is curiously similar, study finds

A new study in Science reveals that honeybees that scout for new food sources or nest sites have patterns of gene activity in their brains known to be associated with novelty-seeking in humans.

Cornell to make green mark on 2016 Olympics

Landscape architect Gil Hanse, MLA '89, won the bid to design an environmentally sensitive golf course for the 2016 Olympics with CALS professor Frank Rossi. (March 12, 2012)