Cornell faculty members Sam Beck, Nelson Hairston, Alicia Orta-Ramirez and Thomas Ruttledge have been chosen for the 2013 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards.
To study the effects of global warming, scientists will begin collaborating this summer on the New York Climate-Change Science Clearinghouse, a comprehensive, web-based reference, map and database.
Prabhu Pingali, former World Bank economist and deputy director of agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be spearheading a Cornell effort to help reduce poverty and malnutrition in India.
Cornell researchers have uncovered the basic cell biology that helps explain heart defects found in laminopathies, which account for up to 10 percent of all cases of inherited heart disease.
The $25.2 million Next Generation Cassava Breeding project at Cornell has released a database that features all the breeding data on cassava for open access data sharing.
Professor Norman Uphoff discussed the System of Rice Intensification April 5 at the closing session of Cambodia's fourth annual national farmers conference in Phnom Penh.
Events on campus this week include music and culture from Turkey, Java, Japan and Korea; student film screenings, a Glacier Gala, a 5K walk/run benefiting local pets, and a talk on math and crocheting.
Two Cornell researchers are world experts in studies of little-known plant transport proteins that may be key to easing the ever-growing global food needs.
