Funding from the NSF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will partner advanced research expertise with the developing world to improve soil and plant breeding. (Sept. 2, 2010)
Professor Emeritus Henry Munger, a vegetable breeder who introduced more than 50 varieties of cucumbers and various beneficial characteristics to many vegetables, died Aug. 25. He was 94. (Aug. 31, 2010)
Occasional smoking, and even second-hand smoke, create biological changes that may increase the risks of lung disease and cancer, according to a new study Cornell scientists in Ithaca and at Weill Cornell. (Aug. 26, 2010)
Shoals Marine Lab is not only a rich marine science environment for summer undergraduate courses but also a living laboratory where several Cornell graduate students collect field data each summer. (Aug. 25, 2010)
Three Cornell graduate students have received Department of Energy fellowship awards, which are designed to strengthen the nation's scientific workforce. (Aug. 23, 2010)
Conventional thinking says that animal immune systems have evolved to defend against harmful microorganisms, but a new Cornell study examines the role of friendly bacteria in shaping animal immunity. (Aug. 18, 2010)
Cornell entomologists are seeking volunteers from around New York state to help survey crane flies in the state for two weeks in September. (Aug. 18, 2010)
Thirteen projects were awarded grants this year from Cornell's Center for Life Science Enterprise, one of 15 Centers for Advanced Technology designated by New York state.
Students from universities across the country who spent the summer working in Cornell or Syracuse University research labs presented their work at an Aug. 10 symposium in Hollister Hall. (Aug. 11, 2010)
