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Study: Women reject promiscuous female peers as friends

Zhana Vrangalova, a graduate student in the field of human development in the College of Human Ecology, is lead author of a study that finds promiscuous women don't prefer other promiscuous women as friends.

Physicist clarifies Higgs boson in human terms

Peter Wittich, associate professor of physics, explained the Higgs boson particle at a community event May 28.

'Big Red Recipes' to help combat hunger in local area

Cornell Students for Hunger Relief have just completed compiling more than 100 recipes from faculty and staff across about 40 departments on campus into a cookbook, Big Red Recipes. The book is on sale at the Cornell Store and Manndible for $15.

More than 6,000 expected for Reunion 2013

Reunion 2013, for the Classes of 3s and 8s, will see alumni celebrating their fifth to 75th Reunions, from the Class of 1938 to the Class of 2008, as well as members of the Classes of 2013 and 2012 attending for Reunion Zero and Reunion One.

Genetic variants linked to educational attainment

A multinational team of researchers has identified genetic markers that predict educational attainment by pooling data from more than 125,000 individuals in 15 countries.

Workshops spread the science of selling wine

Cornell enologists are teaching tasting room staff the science behind turning customers' sips into sales.

Recycling farm plastics gains momentum

For agricultural plastic recycling, Cornell's RAPP helps farmers find markets for their plastic waste.

Things to Do, May 31-June 7

Events on campus this week include a Biotech Open House, yoga at the Johnson Museum, and lectures exploring mycology history at Cornell and hip-hop culture.

Museum launches cross-disciplinary initiative

A new series of courses, to be co-taught by faculty and Johnson Museum educators and curators, will use the museum's collections and Cornell resources to engage students and new faculty in connecting research with practice.

Genome offers clues to amphibian-killing fungus

A fungus that has decimated amphibians globally is much older than previously thought, but may have recently spread through the global wildlife trade to new locations where amphibians have no immunity, reports a new study.

After NCAA tourney, men's lax seniors receive diplomas

After playing in the NCAA Final Four tournament this weekend, the men's lacrosse team received their diplomas Tuesday in a special ceremony.

University mourns loss of senior Christopher Dennis

Christopher Ting Fung Dennis, 22, a Cornell senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and native of Ithaca, has been missing since the morning of Wednesday, May 22.