Chobani supports next generation of dairy leaders

New York state students interested in dairy farming careers will get a boost thanks to a new scholarship program from the Chobani Foundation and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Cornell helping NYS wineries craft sustainable future

New York wineries and grape growers have become increasingly interested in sustainability as consumer express their growing interest in the provenance of their wines. This year’s B.E.V. NY conference focused on sustainability.

Maize, not metal, key to native settlements’ history in NY

New research is clarifying the historical timeline for the dates of occupation at four Native American settlements in New York’s Mohawk Valley.

CCE educators help farmers meet new produce safety codes

Trained Cornell Cooperative Extension agents teamed with New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets personnel across the state to offer free and confidential on-farm readiness reviews to insure that farmers can meet new produce safety standards.

Cornellians’ company gets $15M in venture funding

Ursa Space Systems, a geospatial intelligence agency located in Ithaca and founded by alumni Adam Maher and Derek Edinger, and Julie Baker, recently obtained $15 million in Series B funding.

Grant funds high-tech system to improve grapevine pruning

Researchers from Cornell and Pennsylvania State University are developing a high-tech, portable imaging system that will increase profits and yields by making winter grapevine pruning more efficient.

‘Making the turn’: from inmate to scholar

Darryl Epps is among the hundreds of men incarcerated in New York who have transformed themselves through the Cornell Prison Education Program. CPEP reduces recidivism and saves taxpayers millions with college behind bars. 

‘Thought-action figures,’ new media inform research, learning

Professor of practice Jon McKenzie is helping area students see the possibilities in making media, from info comics to video, to tell stories about real issues in their lives and in their communities.

Onion growers have new tool versus fungicide-resistant disease

Cornell AgriTech researchers are tackling a form of onion leaf blight that recently has affected 75% of New York state onion crops, a $44.7 million industry.