Moonshadow joins ‘galaxy’ of colorful tomatoes

Moonshadow, a new variety of grape tomato, is a high-flavor, traditionally bred tomato derived from crosses with heirloom varieties. It’s aimed at organic growers, small farms and home gardeners.     

Cornell earns second platinum sustainability rating, tops national rankings in 2021

Cornell has earned a second platinum sustainability rating – the highest possible– from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Cornell is the only Ivy league institution to have achieved a…

Around Cornell

Radio interview highlights Opera Ithaca

Opera Ithaca artistic director Benjamin Robinson gives highlights of their 7th season, and their efforts to bring diverse programming to the region.

Around Cornell

“Startup Cornell” podcast features Socialfly, Entreprenista League founder

The sixth episode of the Startup Cornell podcast features Stephanie Cartin ‘06, founder of Socialfly and CEO of The Entrepreneurista League.

Around Cornell

New center will integrate human development research

The new Center for Integrative Developmental Science, which launched this fall in the College of Human Ecology, will strengthen Cornell as a leader in human development research.

President Pollack recognizes exceptional employees

Teams that supported international students, implemented Cornell’s COVID-19 testing program, and helped the university rapidly pivot to online instruction were among the recipients of the President’s Awards for Employee Excellence.

How to transform neighborhoods without destroying them

In a new book, Joseph Margulies ’82 proposes tools including neighborhood trusts to empower low-income residents to fight the threat of gentrification.

Students present projects in global and public health

The 2021 Global and Public Health Experiential Learning Symposium featured projects aimed at improving access to public health everywhere from Tompkins County to Tanzania.

Wild blue wonder: X-ray beam explores food color protein

A natural food colorant called phycocyanin provides a fun, vivid blue in soft drinks, but it is unstable on grocery shelves. Cornell’s synchrotron is helping to steady it.