As of March 29, Cornell Dining began serving of local, natural beef - about 1,000 pounds of ground beef, 128 pounds of rib section, 108 pounds of short loin and 120 pounds of sirloin each week. (April 2, 2010)
The changes will reduce the lab's need for fresh water and fuel and require fewer pump trucks to be shipped across the water to empty the island's septic tanks. (March 31, 2010)
Researchers have developed the Cornell Soil Health Test to evaluate soil response to management on different types of land. It's intended to assess changes due to gas drilling work. (March 31, 2010)
New York State Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell has produced nine free guides for farmers that provide information on how to grow certified organic produce. (March 29, 2010)
Students in Katia Balassiano's spring Marcellus Shale planning workshop are working with a Tioga County, N.Y., task force to help prepare for the local impact of natural gas drilling. (March 25, 2010)
A new Cornell study, published March 26 in Science, is one of the first that shows how plants at the bottom of the food chain have evolved mechanisms that influence ecosystem dynamics. (March 25, 2010)
Professor Charles Greene asserts in the journal Oceanography that the world's policymakers have underestimated the potential dangerous impacts that man-made climate change will have on society. (March 22, 2010)
The team passed its Department of Motor Vehicles salvage vehicles inspection to be eligible for registration in New York - a requirement to compete for the Progressive Automotive X Prize.
