Online course aims to put public gardens on a community mission

A free six-week online course called “EECapacity for Public Garden Educators," co-hosted by Cornell, helps public garden educators transform their natural assets into community resources.

System of Rice Intensification earns food security prize

The System of Rice Intensification, a method of growing rice that enhances crop yields and is resilient to climate change, won the international Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security.

Method to find bad mutations may improve maize crops

Cornell researchers have developed a way to predict bad mutations in the maize genome, addressing a major challenge for breeders trying to grow better crops and feed rising populations.

Viticulture journal toasts vineyard protection research

In Cornell's young wine and grape program, a former graduate student and two professors have earned 2015 scientific paper of the year honors from the American Society for Enology and Viticulture.

USDA grant surveys viability for rural-urban food links

To see if rural towns benefit from selling local farm products to urban consumers, the USDA awarded a $500,000 grant on Feb. 25 to a team of Cornell researchers led by economist Todd Schmit.

Ault unveils ‘springcasting’ in March 3 webinar

Thanks to a changing environment, trees and other plants experience advanced budding and blooming – or season creep. Toby Ault will discuss "springcasting" in a March 3 webinar.

UN officials brief Cornell students on new global tasks

In an exclusive symposium designed for Cornell students, officials from the United Nations detailed a new 15-year initiative on battling climate change worldwide.

Cornell sinks teeth into four new MOOCs

Cornell will offer four new massive open online courses - or MOOCs - in 2016. Learn abouts sharks, GMOs, engineering simulations and how mergers and acquisitions get done.

Space-age technology points African herders in right direction

Development workers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Institute for Computational Sustainability are using satellites and mobile phones to help herders in Kenya find food for their animals