Class on garden-based learning develops useful <br /> products for Belize

After returning from Belize, students in the Experiential Garden-Based Learning in Belize course will develop useful products that educators and children in Belize can use. (May 5, 2011)

Provine to be awarded inaugural David L. Hull Prize

William Provine, professor of the history of biology, will be awarded the first David L. Hull Prize by the International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology. (May 4, 2011)

Symposium briefs 4-H educators on engaging youth in citizen science

More than 40 educators and volunteers, most affiliated with 4-H and 4-H SET (Science, Engineering and Technology), learned about citizen science at a symposium on campus May 3.

April showers bring May glowers from N.Y. growers

April's record rainfall has prompted New York farmers to delay planting many crops, say Cornell experts, who give advice on what to do. (May 3, 2011)

Rui Hai Liu, Malcolm Bourne honored with IFT awards

Professor Rui Hai Liu and Professor Emeritus Malcolm Bourne, both of food science, have been honored with awards from the Institute of Food Technologists. (May 2, 2011)

Cornell in Tinseltown event features young filmmakers

A panel of young alumni filmmakers discussed some of their challenges in making films April 29 at the Cornell Club in New York City. (May 2, 2011)

ISS awards grants to social scientists

The Institute for the Social Sciences (ISS) has announced the recipients of its biannual small-grant awards for interdisciplinary research and conference support.

Ernest F. Schaufler, professor emeritus of horticulture, dies

Ernest F. Schaufler, a professor emeritus of horticulture who worked in the Cornell Cooperative Extension program as the 4-H club specialist in ornamental horticulture, died at 87. (April 28, 2011)

Cornell birding team breaks national record

Team Sapsucker from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology set a new national record on April 22 for the highest number of bird species identified in a 24-hour period.