This year's School of Criticism and Theory, June 19-July 28, is addressing trends in literature, political theory, history, philosophy, art and anthropology with some of the world's leading scholars. (July 6, 2011)
Although breast pumping has gotten easier with new pumps, few studies have looked at the effects of milk expression on the health of infants and mothers, says a Cornell nutritionist. (July 6, 2011)
Audrey Keranen '12 of Iowa City, Iowa, has been named a 2011 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs fellow. She is one of 20 Pickering undergraduate fellows this year. (July 6, 2011)
More than 70 high school students learned about sustainable and just community food systems June 28-30 at Cornell's first Youth Grow Summit. (July 6, 2011)
By replacing outdated lighting and timers, great energy savings are expected to be realized in growth chambers in the greenhouses of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. (July 6, 2011)
Nathaniel Rand '12, a human development major, and Stanislaw J. Jaworski, 26, a graduate student at the University of Gdansk who was interning in chemistry this summer, died July 2 in Fall Creek Gorge. (July 5, 2011)
A Cornell entomologist has identified the common eastern bumblebee as the best native pollinator for pumpkins and is studying its role in other vegetables as well.
High school and middle school students came to Cornell for a 4-H conference that exposed them to unusual careers and the people who pursue them. (July 5, 2011)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $4.7 million to a Cornell-led effort to help corn growers reduce their carbon footprint and improve net profits. (July 5, 2011)