Cornell to add 11 more grad students to its life sciences fellows program

Vice Provost for the Life Sciences Stephen Kresovich welcomed nine new graduate students selected as this year's Presidential Life Sciences Fellows at an Aug. 29 reception. (Sept. 4, 2008)

Cornell gets $10 million federal grant to establish new institute applying computing to sustainability

The Institute for Computational Sustainability at Cornell, launched with a $10 million NSF grant, will apply computer science to problems in managing and allocating natural resources. (Sept. 3, 2008)

Researchers locate geographic origins from DNA

In the journal Nature, an international team of researchers describes the use of DNA to predict the geographic origins of individuals from a sample of Europeans, often within a few hundred kilometers of where they were born. (Sept. 2, 2008)

Entomologist Soderlund honored with research award

David Soderlund of Cornell's NYS Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva has received the International Award for Research in Agrochemicals from the Agrochemicals Division of the American Chemical Society. (Aug. 21, 2008)

Leading cystic fibrosis researcher to speak at Cornell biology symposium

Michael Welsh, one of the world's leading researchers on cystic fibrosis, will outline his recent discoveries in his quest for early diagnosis and cutting-edge gene therapies. (Aug. 14, 2008)

Inaugural research forum focuses on next-generation accelerator project

The Energy Recovery Linac, now in planning stages at Cornell, could revolutionize fields from biophysics, chemistry and molecular biology to high pressure physics. (Aug. 7, 2008)

Behavioral ecology conference offers special pricing for Cornellians

Learn how animals mate, communicate, feed and prey by attending the 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Aug. 10-14, at Cornell. (July 29, 2008)

Come-hither chemicals also slow aging -- in worms, discovers Cornell researcher

Frank Schroeder and colleagues have uncovered a class of molecules in worms that attract mates and arrest development for months in larvae. The results of the study were published in Nature.

Milkweed's evolutionary approach to caterpillars: Counter appetite with fast repair

Cornell research suggests that milkweed plants may be shifting away from elaborate defenses against specialized caterpillars toward a more energy-efficient approach, namely, fast repair. (July 21, 2008)