Cornell researchers are part of a $5 million project to determine whether greater reliance on regionally produced foods could improve food access and affordability for disadvantaged communities. (May 17, 2011)
Antonio DiTommaso, associate professor of crop and soil sciences, has been named the first Richard C. Call Director of Agricultural Sciences, thanks to a $1 million gift from Call and his wife. (May 16, 2011)
Cornell researchers have developed a quick, inexpensive way to detect rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea that kills a half million people a year, mostly infants and young children. (May 9, 2011)
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)
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.
Peter Davies, a Cornell plant physiologist, will serve as an adviser to the U.S. government on agricultural and food policy issues as a Jefferson Science Fellow in the U.S. Department of State. (April 27, 2011)
Cornell is teaching students and producers how to incorporate sustainable practices in growing grapes and developing wines through a course for students and workbook for professionals.
The 40th Annual New York State Wine Industry Workshop in Geneva, N.Y., April 13-15, examined winemaking and its challenges in eastern, cool-climate wine regions.
