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