As Cornell becomes more sustainable - and cuts costs - Cornellians will see fewer lawns and more meadows on campus, longer grass and more green roofs and functional plantings. (Aug. 7, 2009)
Author Joyce Carol Oates lectured Aug. 5 in Statler Hall on the lives and creative motivations of famous writers including Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Ernest Hemingway and Emily Dickinson. (Aug. 7, 2009)
Sheep naturally lamb only once a year, but Cornell researchers have identified ways to to prompt ewes to breed at younger ages and more often. (Aug. 6, 2009)
Cornell Summer College students presented a scene from 'Othello' in Arabic, Urdu, Spanish, Japanese and English, July 29, to show Shakespeare's cross-cultural accessibility. (Aug. 6, 2009)
A design research seminar for Master of Architecture students examines city surfaces and environments, interpreted to help depict everyday scenarios in urban life. (Aug. 6, 2009)
Events this week include Cornell programs at Empire Farm Days; educational gorge walks in nearby state parks, and a play about Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West.
Two new large-scale studies report major discoveries in maize genetics that could revolutionize maize breeding and may help researchers better predict complex traits in humans. (Aug. 6, 2009)
Emily R. Adelman '05 has received a 2009 Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship, one of only 30 such scholars selected this year from 678 applicants across the country. (Aug. 5, 2009)
The autonomous submarine team earned first place and a $10,000 prize in the 12th annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International competition in San Diego Aug. 2. (Aug. 4, 2009)
Ground has been broken on the site of Paul Milstein Hall, a facilities expansion for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning that is scheduled to open in August 2011. (Aug. 4, 2009)
African village dogs are directly descended from an ancestral pool of indigenous dogs, according to a Cornell-led genetic analysis of hundreds of semi-feral village dogs in Egypt, Uganda and Namibia. (Aug. 3, 2009)
A new Cornell Cooperative Extension program encourages New York families to prepare home-cooked meals with local produce for healthier eating that also benefits the local economy. (Aug. 3, 2009)
