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Novakovic talks on charged farm topics in D.C.

With the current, extended Farm Bill set to expire Dec. 31, Washington-based journalists met Dec. 5 with Farm Bill and dairy expert Andy Novakovic, professor in Cornell’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, to discuss the legislative possibilities.

Bacteria tails implicated in gut inflammation

New research reveals how proteins from bacteria tails may lead to inflammation when they come in contact with gut lining cells.

Bacteria research inspires students' creative artwork

As disciplines, art and science may seem worlds apart, but a Cornell course bridges the two by using microbiologist Ruth Ley's research as inspiration.

'Pride' award to Plantations' Cascadilla project

Improvements to the lower entrance of Cascadilla Glen - and a metal artist's gate, in particular - have earned Cornell Plantations a 2013 Pride of Ownership award.

Economist honored for top tax dissertation

Tatiana Homonoff, assistant professor of policy analysis and management, won the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Government Finance and Taxation award for her dissertation scholarship.

Men's 'overwork' widens gender gap in wages

If men keep "overworking," the gender gap in wages will never shrink, Cornell and Indiana sociologists worry.

Book debuts brain models of risky decision-making

A new book, “The Neuroscience of Risky Decision Making,” co-edited by faculty members Valerie Reyna and Vivian Zayas, discusses research on the neural roots of bad decisions.

Hip-hop fashion: from street culture to mass appeal

A new paper co-authored by Tasha Lewis, Ph.D ’09, assistant professor of fiber science and apparel design, looks at a music genre's influence on men's fashion.

Faculty agree on viability of electric cars at screening

After screening the documentary “Revenge of the Electric Car," faculty members discussed the merits of the cars with the film's director Dec. 4.

ILR senior is Cornell’s first Mitchell scholar

Simon Boehme ’14 is the first Cornellian to win a George J. Mitchell Scholarship to study in Ireland.

Engaged learning class enables teaching in the trenches

A dozen undergrads were thrust into the teaching trenches this fall at DeWitt Middle School in Ithaca, where they shepherded 20 teenagers through a storytelling project in an after-school program they helped design.

Graduate student group hosts a Call-Congress day

The Cornell Graduate and Professional Student Assembly hosted a Call-Congress day Dec. 4 as a part of the national GradsHaveDebt2 campaign.