The Institute for the Social Sciences is supporting 15 projects and three conferences through its biannual small grant program: $12,000 to investigators for research and $5,000 for conferences.
Maggie Gustafson, a fifth-year doctoral student in the field of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, won the Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
Rachel Bezner Kerr, associate professor of development sociology, and Thomas Pepinsky, associate professor of government, have been named International Faculty Fellows.
Cornell Dairy announced it is becoming kosher April 18. Kosher foods must comply with traditional Jewish dietary and processing laws, and in the case of dairy, products must come from kosher animals.
A pilot project in Mexico is bringing together Cornell researchers and Maya leaders to manage community forests for biodiversity conservation now and livelihoods, including bee-keeping and ecotourism, into the future.
With entrepreneurship faculty and classes now scattered across campus, the nascent College of Business is poised to act as the focal point for entrepreneurship-related academics at Cornell.
Eleven students from the Global Citizenship course in the College of Human Ecology traveled to Cuba over spring break to learn about fashion trends and consumer culture on the island.
The dietary preferences of deer may be promoting the spread of such invasive species as garlic mustard, Japanese barberry and Japanese stiltgrass, according to a new study.