First Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prizes announced

Winners of the Cornell-based Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced. The award recognizes excellent writing in African languages and encourages translation.

Garrett sends condolences to victims of Paris attacks

President Elizabeth Garrett, on behalf of the entire Cornell community, sends her condolences to everyone affected by the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris.

Plant scientists tackle big data problems at workshop

A Gates Foundaton-funded collaboration to make genomic tools for crop breeders held a workshop last week to solve their "big data" issues to make a massive genomics database for staple crops.

Weill Cornell Medicine to help plan clinic in China

Weill Cornell Medicine has entered into an agreement with Top Spring Huaxia Medical Investment to help it develop a modern outpatient diagnostic clinic in Shenzhen, China.

New York Times reporter examines modern warfare

New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger spoke on campus Nov. 10 about foreign policy in the Bush and Obama administrations and the future of modern warfare.

New Cornell cohort enters global food security conversation

Cornell Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows soon will return home to 10 countries, taking with them a set of communication tools to contribute to local policy debates on ag technology and food security.

D.C. Cornellians welcome Garrett at tour launch

Nearly 300 Cornell alumni, parents and friends welcomed President Elizabeth Garrett Nov. 10 to Washington, D.C., the first stop of her tour to meet Cornellians in cities across the country and overseas.

Tomato researchers on hunt for speck-resistant varieties

Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute are studying the bacterium speck, which causes withered flowers and dark spots on leaves and fruits, and can result in the loss of whole fields of crops.

Veterinarian educates Indonesian children about nearby rhinos

College of Veterinary Medicine professor Dr. Robin Radcliffe is raising local awareness of two vanishing rhino species in Indonesia via a book for Indonesian children, “The Hornless Rhinoceros."