National association recognizes Dyson extension educators

Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management extension educators Bobbie Severson and Dan Welch were honored for their service in July by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents.

Plant scientist Ralph Hardy, who led GMO foods debate, dies

Ralph W.F. Hardy, a biochemist who called for better biotechnology research and scientific transparency regarding genetically modified foods, died Aug. 2 in Wilmington, Delaware, at age 82.

Renberg named senior associate vice president for AAD

Ben Renberg has been named senior associate vice president, effective Sept. 15, and Tracy Cary has been named associate vice president for operations, effective Aug. 22 at Cornell.

Alum studies culture of Kenya's Olympic running excellence

Andy Arnold '13 spent six months in Kenya researching elite runners to learn how a group of people from a small corner of East Africa could rise to become the most dominant athletes in the world.

NYC institute builds community with liberal arts courses

The nonprofit Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, co-founded in 2012 by Ajay Chaudhary '03, integrates teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences into the lives of working adults.

High schoolers create business ideas at summer boot camp

Eleven high school students spent three weeks on campus creating new businesses with entrepreneurial Cornell student mentors this summer as part of the “Life Changing Summer” program.

Cornell veterinarian Sharon Center receives Kirk Award

Dr. Sharon Center of the College of Veterinary Medicine, received the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine’s ACVIM Robert W. Kirk Award for Professional Excellence in June.

Geneva scholars experience a summer of Cornell science

Three students from Puerto Rico were among 29 undergraduates to explore the fields of entomology, plant pathology, horticulture and plant breeding as part of the Summer Research Scholars Program.

The nuances of 'buy the rumor, sell the news'

Recently, a trio of researchers studied patterns of buying and selling by different categories of traders in the days before and after analysts issued buy or sell recommendations for specific stocks.