Artist and Cornell staffer Karen Brummund is inviting public participation in her latest installation, a full-scale drawing of a barn in Groton. (June 9, 2008)
The history of winemaking and grape growing was anything but smooth, according to wine expert Thomas Pinney, who gave a lecture to Cornell alumni June 5 during Reunion Weekend.
With great expectations, the $162 million, 263,000-square-foot building designed by architect Richard Meier will open officially in October, though key residents are starting to move in this month. (June 6, 2008)
Horticultural scientist Susan K. Brown is mining the apple genome for the keys to some revolutionary reconceptions of a long-familiar fruit. (June 5, 2008)
Obesity and type 2 diabetes are inextricably linked, but biochemist and geneticist Ling Qi is working to break that connection, and finding just the right gene could do it. (June 5, 2008)
Cornell Law School's Stephen Garvey is one of three leaders in a new online project that resembles 'American Idol' in that legal arguments that receive too few votes get kicked off the stage. (June 3, 2008)
Anthony Ong, Cornell assistant professor of human development in the College of Human Ecology, has been awarded the 2008 Springer Early Career Achievement Award in Research on Adult Development and Aging. (June 3, 2008)
W. Frank Shipe, professor emeritus of food science at Cornell and a pioneer in testing milk for its flavor over time, died May 20 at the Alterra Sterling House in Ithaca. He was 88. (June 3, 2008)
