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Grad students train to communicate science

Two graduate students were chosen from 700 to attend a workshop on communicating science.

Fruit fly midguts provide human abdomen acumen

A new study provides a detailed molecular and anatomical atlas of the fruit fly digestive tract and a website on the health and diseases of this complex organ.

100 years of plant biology is celebrated

Faculty, students and alumni of the Department of Plant Biology celebrated the department's centennial June 28-29.

Linear collider gains key insights from Cornell physicists

The International Linear Collider has received pivotal insights from Cornell physicists: They have designed a key component of the proposed collider called a damping ring.

Chilean earthquake made volcanoes sink

Cornell earth scientists are trying to understand why several volcanoes near a 2010 earthquake in Chile sank several inches into the ground.

Low-energy usage makes new 'blue lights' special

To further promote energy conservation, Cornell has been switching all of its approximately 120 campus-safety “blue lights” this summer from energy hogging incandescence to a LED technology, which sips power at one-tenth the rate.

O'Donnell's 'Party Wall' opens at MoMA PS1 in New York

Assistant professor of architecture Caroline O’Donnell's "Party Wall" installation at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City earned praise at its June 27 opening for its sustainable and innovative design.

Junior earns Congress' most prestigious honor for youth

Natalie Domeisen ’15 has been honored with a 2013 Congressional Gold Medal Award.

Soaring CUAir wins unmanned air systems competition

CUAir, a group of high-flying Cornell engineering students, soared into first place at the Student Unmanned Air Systems Competition held at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, June 19-22.

Two student teams win coveted EPA prize

Two Cornell student teams – a cookstove fuel/biochar group and the AguaClara water filtration project – won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s prestigious People, Prosperity and the Planet Award June 19.

High schoolers explore careers at 4-H conference

The annual 4-H Career Explorations Conference, held June 25-27, hosted 600 high school students from 45 New York state counties on campus.

Cornell to begin collaborative research in Paraguay

Cornell has signed an agreement with the government of Paraguay to further international outreach, fieldwork and exchange of information and resources.