In analyzing malaria mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa, a Cornell-led team of researchers finds evidence of two very different evolutionary paths in the immune systems of neighboring mosquito groups. (March 21, 2011)
Events on campus include a visit by Keith Olbermann, concerts by CU Chorus and Anat Cohen, lectures by Lowery Stokes Sims, Eliot A. Cohen and Scott Peters, and a new museum exhibit. (March 17, 2011)
At its March 9 meeting, the Faculty Senate passed a resolution discouraging professors from assigning extra academic work over breaks. (March 17, 2011)
Max Liu '11, Allison Truhlar '11 and Ben Cole '10 have received 2011 Gates Cambridge scholarships, which support post-baccalaureate study at Cambridge University. (March 17, 2011)
Restaurateur Dan Barber, who writes on food and agricultural policy and promotes sustainable practices to achieve the best taste in farm and garden-grown foods, will speak in Call Auditorium. (March 17, 2011)
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' short-term challenges will be offset by the long-term positioning the college will have to meet agricultural changes, said Dean Kathryn Boor. (March 17, 2011)
Findings about male mosquito proteins could eventually lead to new ways to control the female mosquitoes that spread the dengue and yellow fever viruses. (March 16, 2011)
Cornell's Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y., has 110 acres, including 77 research plots where faculty and students study agricultural issues. (March 16, 2011)
