Diet books open a window into the American soul

In “Diet and the Disease of Civilization,” historian Adrienne Rose Bitar asks, what if diet books worked like literature?

As HHMI professor, Avery August will aid biology transfer students

Avery August, professor of immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine and incoming vice provost for academic affairs, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor.

Commercialization fellows present new technologies

Doctoral students in Cornell’s Commercialization Fellows program gathered Dec. 8 to present their work and future plans for their projects.

Andy Sheng ’20 wins Cornell Concerto Competition

Andy Sheng ’20 won the 14th annual Cornell Concerto Competition, Dec. 10 in Barnes Hall, with a Beethoven piano concerto. A physics, math and music major, he will perform the piece with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra in March.

1-D ‘wires’ could advance quantum electronics

Group discovers method for growing 1-dimensional "wires" on a 2-D material, paving the way for future advances in quantum electronics.

Program trains new farm owners for business success

The Cornell Small Farms Program is preparing the next generation of farmers and ranchers to succeed with a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Climate scientists study the odds of a megadrought

Cornell climate scientists and their colleagues have developed a “robust null hypothesis” to assess the odds of a megadrought – one that lasts more than 30 years – occurring in the western and southwestern United States.

Roger Moseley wins musicology book award

Roger Moseley, associate professor of music, won the Otto Kinkeldey Award for “Keys to Play: Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo.”

Cornell Press finds new home at Cornell Library

Starting Jan. 1, 2018, Cornell University Press will report to Cornell University Library.