New genomic tools help improve staple crops worldwide

The Genomic and Open-source Breeding Informatics Initiative, operating under an $18.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is working to develop new plant-breeding tools and genomic databases.

Newly translated 1500s book teaches the ‘art’ of drinking

Classics professor Michael Fontaine’s translation of the Latin poem “How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing” published April 14.

Cornell helps forge a new field: finance sustainability

In a special climate change issue of the Review of Financial Studies, nine new research papers – including two from Cornell – have staked new territory for scholarly study: finance sustainability.

Tracker helps social scientists coordinate COVID-19 response

A research tracker created by Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, has helped foster collaboration among social scientists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Four students to receive SUNY Chancellor's Awards

Four Cornell seniors have been selected to receive the 2020 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

Dogs trained to detect oak wilt, invasive species

Dogs have highly sensitive noses, a trait environmental conservationists, land managers and plant disease specialists are harnessing to sniff out invasive species.

Applications open for second Grow-NY competition

Applications are now open for Year 2 of Grow-NY, the food and agriculture business competition administered by Cornell's Center for Regional Economic Advancement and funded by Empire State Development.

MBAs find ways to stay social from a distance

Students in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management have found fun, interesting and valuable ways to make the most of physical distancing by creating new ways to engage.

Weill Cornell doctor creates epidemic modeling tool

Mathematical modeling by Weill Cornell Medicine is helping to guide New York state and New York City leaders as they make decisions that could affect the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic.