Cornell and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute have teamed up to offer a new shared doctoral program that will train the next generation of wildlife conservation scientists. (Oct. 26, 2011)
Cornell Researchers have received three grants to reduce apple tree losses and enhance production efficiency among growers. Researchers hope to make future crops even more valuable by reducing tree and fruit losses and enhancing production efficiency.
Cornell is helping six New York state schools use high tunnels to grow their school gardens and studying how they benefit the schools' educational programs. (Oct. 26, 2011)
In a campus talk, Professor Sabine Haenni described how gangster films of the 1930s critiqued capitalism and its modes of exclusion in the United States, and incorrectly portrayed America abroad. (Oct. 26, 2011)
Native bees are better pollinators and more plentiful than honeybees, finds entomologist Bryan Danforth, who is involved in two big projects to further study native bee populations.
Princeton students argued that pre-professional education is better for getting jobs; Cornell students argued for a liberal arts education, Oct. 22, as part of the Connect all-day conference. (Oct. 24, 2011)
Historian and Cornell lecturer Carol Kammen described Oct. 20 how Cornell's early architecture reflected the different visions Ezra Cornell and Andrew White had as Cornell founders. (Oct. 24, 2011)
