Bacteria's own genome becomes food safety tool

Bacillus cereus can no longer hide. The food safety world now has a new tool to find foodborne illness – the bacteria's own whole genome, reports Cornell food scientists.

Two specialty crop projects receive over $6M in USDA grants

Cornell University researchers received grants to speed up development, evaluation and adoption of new apple rootstocks and build a $100 million East Coast broccoli industry through new cultivars.

High schoolers create business ideas at summer boot camp

Eleven high school students spent three weeks on campus creating new businesses with entrepreneurial Cornell student mentors this summer as part of the “Life Changing Summer” program.

Study looks at diet to assess link of heart disease, metabolite

A Cornell study reports new results that raise questions about whether a common dietary metabolite, called TMAO, causes heart disease or whether it is simply a biomarker of developing disease.

Geneva scholars experience a summer of Cornell science

Three students from Puerto Rico were among 29 undergraduates to explore the fields of entomology, plant pathology, horticulture and plant breeding as part of the Summer Research Scholars Program.

Rawlings engages veterans through ancient texts on war

Using ancient Greek texts on war and honor to teach critical reading skills, President Rawlings led one of the class sessions in the 2016 Warrior Scholar Project July 27.

Cornell issues water use restrictions as drought worsens

Now in the most severe drought seen in Tompkins County since climate data records have been kept, Cornell has reached second-stage drought level and issued water use restrictions effective July 28.

Cornell leases three floors in midtown Manhattan

Cornell has signed a multiyear lease on the second, fourth and fifth floors of 45 West 57th St. in Manhattan. The space, located near Central Park, will be used for academic purposes and events for alumni and students.

Two new grads win national undergrad research contest

Cornell’s Samantha VanWees ’16 and Genevieve Sullivan ’16 captured first and second place at the annual Institute of Food Technologists’ undergraduate research competition July 18 in Chicago.