Communication professor Drew Margolin studies human dynamics through social media and has been tracking how people react to presidential candidates on Twitter.
A new study in Science reveals that biodiversity in forests promotes productivity. When the number of tree species increases, so does the amount of timber that can be harvested, so the gains from conservation far exceed the costs.
"Witness Project" art installations on sites across campus are featuring representations of and responses to police violence, including photographs from the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Cornell Small Farms Program Farm Ops initiative helped Kreher's Poultry Farm in Clarence, New York, receive approval as the state's first on-the-job training program for military veterans to become farmers.
The Cornell faculty Senate on Oct. 12 passed a resolution encouraging the board of trustees to approve "Cornell Botanic Gardens" as the new name of Cornell Plantations.
Development economist Chris Barrett and his research partners won an award from USAID for their innovative livestock insurance research. The insurance saves nomadic herders from falling into poverty during times of drought.
Cornell Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Community Development program work team recently hosted a two-day workshop for CCE educators and other agriculture support entities who work with mid- to large-scale producers across New York state.
At the New Rural-Urban Interface held Sept. 29-30, social scientists from Cornell and elsewhere gathered to discuss the cultural, demographic, economic and political dimensions of the changing landscape.
