Researchers and farm managers at Cornell orchards decided to let wild bees, rather than honeybees, pollinate Cornell's apples this year - a gamble that seems to have paid off.
A new Cornell study of New York state apple orchards finds that pesticides cause harm to wild bees, and fungicides labeled "safe for bees" may indirectly also threaten native pollinators.
Jane Hardy '53, a longtime senior lecturer in the Department of Communication who taught science writing and editing, died May 21 at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca after a brief illness at age 85.
At a May 23 dinner, College of Arts and Sciences faculty members received awards for exceptional teaching and advising, and graduate teaching assistants won prizes for teaching.
Avery August, professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, was awarded the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Award May 27.
When hunting and eating male katydids, different bat species locate their prey by listening for specific signals in male katydids' mating calls, according to a recent study.
Engineers at Cornell and clinicians at Weill Cornell Medical College have created a comprehensive mouse model of exactly how colorectal tumors behave in real life, not just in a petri dish.
Graduates of the College of Veterinary Medicine will leave Ithaca for numerous locales, including 27 states and Namibia, southwest Africa, to practice medicine.
Chinelo Onyilofor ’15, a dual major in chemistry and art history who will graduate Saturday, credits the liberal arts with expanding her combine subjective and objective disciplines to solve problems.
