Caffeine tempers taste buds, makes food seem less sweet

Caffeine – the widely consumed stimulant and igniter of sluggish mornings – has been found to temper taste buds temporarily, making food and drink seem less sweet, according to new Cornell research in the Journal of Food Science.

Life Changing Labs helps students push startups forward

In the eHub space in Collegetown each week during the summer, six teams of students stood in the front of the room with slides and pitched their business ideas to peers as part of a summer incubator.

Cornell poet to kick off Botanic Gardens’ lecture series

Cornell Botanic Gardens opens its annual Fall Lecture Series with award-winning poet Ishion Hutchinson.

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Good heavens! Cornellians marvel at eclipse

On the eve of fall semester classes starting, Cornellians spied the sky – with special safety glasses – to view the partial solar eclipse Aug. 21 over Ithaca.

Study: Jumping gene steals bacterial ‘gene-editing’ system

A Cornell study describes for the first-time evidence of ‘jumping genes’ adopting a bacterial immune mechanism for transferring genetic material between bacteria and across bacterial species.

Mark Zuckerberg gives CIS research paper a shoutout

Not only did a Cornell CIS research paper receive the best paper award at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2017), it also got a shoutout on Facebook from the site’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, July 25.

President Pollack welcomes Cornell community to fall semester

President Martha E. Pollack sends a message to the Cornell community welcoming everyone to campus on the first day of classes for the fall 2017 semester.

Cornell will ‘open new vistas,’ President Pollack tells incoming class

In her first Convocation address, President Martha E. Pollack said that Cornell University fosters intellectual and emotional growth and presents an opportunity to develop fresh interests, passions and ways of looking at the world.

Cornell, EDF partner on five environmental projects

Cornell University’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and Environmental Defense Fund have announced five new research projects addressing urgent public health and environmental issues.