Séamus Davis awarded St. Patrick’s Day Science Medal

Séamus Davis, Cornell’s James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences, received the Science Foundation Ireland's prestigious its St. Patrick’s Day Science Medal on March 16.

$24M grant aims to combat global wheat crop threats

A $24 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will expand the scope of a global partnership to combat climate-change-induced heat stress and disease pathogens in crops.

Runaway slave ads portray grim period of U.S. history

Cornell's "Freedom on the Move" project will compile all 18th and 19th century North American runaway slave advertisements into a collaborative database of information.

NYC panel includes Talking Head on media preservation

A panel of art and archive experts stressed the importance of preserving materials not captured by the Internet at a March 10 discussion at New York City's University Club.

Cornell humanists strive to understand the mind

On Feb. 22, the College of Arts and Sciences brought together faculty working on philosophy of mind in a Big Ideas panel, part of the New Century for the Humanities celebration.

Extension trains students to create climate for change

Two hundred teens and preteens from 16 school districts in southeastern New York learned how to decrease their schools’ environmental impact at the Catskills Youth Climate Change Summit March 11.

Hotel Ezra Cornell delves into 'The New Normal' in hospitality

The School of Hotel Administration's signature annual business conference will focus on the unprecedented change facing many sectors of the hospitality industry, welcoming more than 200 guests March 17-20.

Threatened plants have rosier future with BTI technique

Researchers at the Cornell-affiliated Boyce Thompson Institute developed a test tube tissue culture procedure that multiplies the number of woodland agrimony plants to propagate the plant.

Rui Hai Liu's whole grains research earns nutrition prize

Food science professor Dr. Rui Hai Liu won the 2016 General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition Innovation Award for his contributions to cereal grain and grain component research.