Pest attacks can lead to bigger crop yields

Researchers are studying how to harness potato plants’ natural response to environmental stress to develop a sustainable pest control strategy that increases crop yields and reduces insect damage.

Current affairs roundtable addresses doctrines, principles

The Reunion 2014 panel featured Fredrik Logevall, Odette Lienau, Jonathan Kirshner.

Atkinson Center awards $1.4 million to new projects

Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future gives $1.4 million from their Academic Venture Fund to 12 new scientific projects. The awards were culled from a record-setting 49 proposals.

Johnson to offer bilingual MBAs with Chinese university

The only dual MBA program to be offered in English and Mandarin will launch next year in a partnership between Johnson and China's Tsinghua University.

Student United Way again garners national recognition

The Cornell Student United Way received national recognition at the United Way Worldwide Community Leaders Conference, May 15 in National Harbor, Maryland.

Hans Rosling is 2014 Bartels World Affairs Fellow

Swedish medical doctor, academic and statistician Hans Rosling will deliver the Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels 2014 World Affairs Fellowship Lecture Sept. 9.

Language fosters global citizenship, student says

Economics student Eric Krasnow ’15 wrote in Spanish about his Cornell Abroad experience in Spain for an essay contest, and will present his essay at a United Nations youth forum June 27 in New York City.

Psychology study explains why strangers trust

People trust strangers because 'they think they should,' psychologists at Cornell and Cologne universities say.

Undergrad marshals resources to build school in Haiti

Community engagement is the key for an energetic team of Cornell undergraduates working to build an inclusive-education school in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.