Extension educators honored for excellence

Great Lakes coastal issue educators Helen Domske and David MacNeill have been honored for excellence by the Great Lakes Sea Grant Extension Network. (Nov. 15, 2012)

MBA student honored for dedication to renewable energy

For his commitment to renewable energy, Cornell MBA student Robert Collier has won the 2013 OneEnergy Scholars Award. (Nov. 14, 2012)

Students promote sustainability on cross-country bus tour

Messages on making schools safer and healthier are going coast to coast starting Nov. 5, when Cornell students began a cross-country bus tour conducting outreach projects along the way. (Nov. 5, 2012)

Franzen on e-books, suspense and the environment

Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen gave a reading and talked to undergraduates and graduate students Nov. 1-2 while on campus. (Nov. 5, 2012)

Materials scientists make additive-free battery electrodes with nanoparticles

Materials scientists have developed a simple, robust way to fabricate carbon-free and polymer-free, lightweight colloidal films for lithium-ion battery electrodes. (Oct. 30, 2012)

Cornellians plan historic gardens for Harriet Tubman home

Cornell students, staff and faculty are working on designs for historic gardens at the Harriet Tubman home in Auburn, N.Y. (Oct. 26, 2012)

High-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary projects get support from the National Science Foundation

Three Cornell research teams have received National Science Foundation support from a new program that rewards high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary projects. (Oct. 24, 2012)

Research team tackles top pests that scourge organic crops

Cornell researchers have received $2 million to tackle the top pests that devastate organic crops. (Oct. 23, 2012)

U.N. food expert: Big land grabs need regulation

Jose Graziano da Silva, director-general of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, was the keynote speaker at the Second International Conference on Global Land Grabbing at Cornell Oct. 17-19.