Cornell replaces incinerator with fully tested digester for disposal of animal remains

The incinerator at Cornell's Vet School was officially shut down on April 7 and replaced with a new digester for disposing of animal remains. (April 15, 2010)

High schoolers make ice cream, pack their DNA and reach into guts of a live cow

The Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers hosted 38 high school students from Syracuse April 9 for a campus visit and other science activities, including packing DNA from their cheeks.

From A (alpaca) to Z (petting zoo), Vet College showcases what veterinarians do

From tiny chinchilla 'pocket pets' to large dairy cows, animals of all sizes were on display at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine April 10 for the 44th annual open house. (April 12, 2010)

Butcher, Ley receive Hartwell research awards

Jonathan Butcher and Ruth Ley have received Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards, which provide a total of $300,000 over three years of direct research costs. (April 5, 2010)

Shoals Marine Lab gets composting toilets, solar panels

The changes will reduce the lab's need for fresh water and fuel and require fewer pump trucks to be shipped across the water to empty the island's septic tanks. (March 31, 2010)

Computer model helps biologists understand how coral dies in warming waters

Mathematical models reveal the dynamics of bacterial communities behind afflictions that bleach and kill coral. (March 30, 2010)

Vet College open house set for April 10

The 44th annual Open House at the College of Veterinary Medicine is slated for April 10, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and will feature demonstrations, activities and career information sessions.

Predators aren't only ones that control food chain -- plants do, too, from the bottom up

A new Cornell study, published March 26 in Science, is one of the first that shows how plants at the bottom of the food chain have evolved mechanisms that influence ecosystem dynamics. (March 25, 2010)

Retooled Kavli Institute to focus on nanoscience ideas 'so crazy they might actually work'

The institute is reinventing itself into a cutting-edge, research-focused organization to support projects at the boundaries of nanoscale imaging and control. (March 23, 2010)