The 20th annual Cornell Asian Alumni Association Banquet in New York City Jan. 22 raised funds for the Pan-Asian Garden at Cornell Plantations. (Feb. 1, 2011)
For the first time, fiber science students and faculty joined the class that spent two weeks in India recently. The textile students toured textile and apparel production facilities. (Jan. 31, 2011)
The inaugural class of Indian students in two dual degree programs offered by Cornell with India's Tamil Nadu Agricultural University graduated Jan. 7 on TNAU's campus in Coimbatore, India. (Jan. 24, 2011)
Cornell has been awarded $1.3 million to address these problems in East Coast vineyards, wineries and tasting rooms as part of $3.8 million grant from the federal Specialty Crops Research Initiative (SCRI).
Economist Harry Kaiser is the co-author of the new book 'Mathematical Programming for Agricultural, Environmental, and Resource Economics.' (Jan. 14, 2011)
The world could have enough food for it's burgeoning population with more investments in research and infrastructure, said Robert Thompson '67 at the New York State Ag Society Meeting Jan. 6. (Jan. 11, 2011)
A study has identified the genes related to leaf angle in corn (maize) - a key trait for planting crops closer together, which has led to an eight-fold increase in yield since the early 1900s. (Jan. 10, 2011)
Cornell researchers brought their voices and expertise to COP 16 (the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's 16th Conference of Parties) in Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 29-Dec. 10. (Jan. 10, 2011)
John (Jack) E. Oliver, Cornell professor emeritus of earth and atmospheric sciences and a founding contributor to the theory of plate tectonics, died Jan. 5 at his home in Ithaca. (Jan. 10, 2011)
