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Two students win humane veterinary awards

College of Veterinary Medicine students Michelle White and Ada Norris have received awards from the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association.

'A rarity most beloved': Shakespeare folios on display

For one day only, April 23, Cornell Library is putting all four of its 17th-century folio editions of William Shakespeare's collected plays on display to celebrate the Bard's 450th birthday.

Cornell's chemically engineered cars win again

Cornell engineering students won the Northeast Regional Chem-E-Car competition with model cars controlled entirely by chemical reactions.

New alfalfa variety resists ravenous local pest

Cornell plant breeders have released a new alfalfa variety with some resistance against alfalfa snout beetle, which has ravaged alfalfa fields in New York.

Ready for your close-up with Ezra?

Take part in a video shoot celebrating Ezra Cornell's birthday and his university's Sesquicentennial April 23, 4:45 p.m. sharp to 5:20 p.m., on the Arts Quad.

Advocate for people with disabilities wins Truman scholarship

Teresa Danso-Danquah ’15, an ILR School student who has worked on advocating for people with disabilities at Cornell nationally and internationally, has been named a 2014 Truman Scholar.

Kenya's drought insurance helps Islamic herders

Cornell is the major research partner in a consortium that is creating culturally acceptable insurance products to reduce the impact of extreme weather on some of the developing world’s most vulnerable populations.

Childhood obesity survey finds creative solutions

Creative solutions where voiced when Cornell researchers asked public officials: What to do about childhood obesity?

Errant methane plumes detected over Marcellus wells

Using an airplane to detect greenhouse emissions emanating from freshly drilled shale gas wells in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus basin, Cornell and Purdue scientists have found that leaked methane is more of a problem than previously thought.

Corporate greening starts with trained students

Cornell students are learning how to arrive at the 'triple bottom line' – fusing profits, people and the planet – to run a smart but green business.

Cornell synchrotron receives up to $100M in NSF support

Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source has received its requested National Science Foundation grant renewal of up to $100 million over five years, securing the national X-ray facility’s near-term future.

Panel tackles lessons of Rwanda genocide

Cornell faculty, a U.N. official and a survivor of the Rwanda genocide reflected on the 20th anniversary of the catastrophe on campus April 18.