Tapping into maple success through sanitation

Cornell-developed techniques to limit bacteria in maple tree taps are leading to increased sap quantity and quality for New York's $12.3 million maple industry. (Jan. 31, 2012)

Parent educators, researchers share wisdom at conference

New York state parent educators gathered at Cornell Jan. 25-26 to share research-based information on building parenting skills. (Jan. 30, 2012)

Campus Area Farms offer lots of living lab space

Campus Area Farms, operated by Cornell's Agricultural Experiment Station, offers researchers 352 acres - patchwork of 11 small farms - for test plots. (Jan. 30, 2012)

Food safety inspires children to build LEGO machines

A national challenge attracted scores of 6- to 9-year-olds to campus to show off their team-built LEGO contraptions on the theme of food safety Jan. 28. (Jan. 30, 2012)

Eighth student-designed water plant rises in Honduran town

In a few months, nearly every home in Atima, Honduras, will have safe, clean drinking water, thanks to a treatment plant principally designed by Cornell engineering students. (Jan. 26, 2012)

Student-developed filter in Honduras is cause for a party

The stacked rapid sand filter, developed by members of Cornell's AguaClara research team, could well be the reason that Tamara now has some of the best water in all of Honduras. (Jan. 26, 2012)

Four companies to get expert help from JumpStart program

The Cornell Center for Materials Research helps New York state small businesses develop and improve their products through collaborations with university scientists. (Jan. 25, 2012)

Cyber literacy links librarians with counterparts in India

Four Cornell librarians and information technologists conferred with counterparts in India at a workshop on information literacy. An outcome is that Indian librarians will come to campus. (Jan. 25, 2012)

Law School's Ndulo named distinguished Africanist

Muna Ndulo, professor of law and director of the Institute for African Development, won the New York Africana Studies Association's 2012 Distinguished Africanist Award. (Jan. 24, 2012)