If Iroquois women could be equal partners with men, then so could white women, asserted suffragists in the mid-1800s looking to Native Americans for inspiration in seeking women's rights.
The first half of this year was the warmest Jan. 1 to June 30 period for the Northeast since records were first kept in 1895, according to climatologist Keith Eggleston at the Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC).
For beef producers looking for new ways to economically and efficiently feed their cattle, Cornell animal researchers have shown the effectiveness of an unusual diet: Let them eat bread -- and other commercial bakery leftovers and scraps.
Two years ago, the viburnum leaf beetle, a pest with an appetite for certain ornamental bushes, was found in upstate New York along the Lake Ontario shore. Since then it has been chewing its way steadily south.
For years, groups have been able to lay claim to a piece of the road through "Adopt-A-Highway" programs, and now TCAT (Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit) is offering the chance to Adopt-A-Shelter/Adopt-A-Stop.
TCAT (Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit) will again provide free bus service between downtown and Ithaca College on the evening of Ithaca's annual community fireworks display Thursday, July 2.
Cornell Plantations offers a series of Wednesday evening guided strolls with plant-related topics during the month of July. Free and open to the public, the strolls start at 7 p.m. in front of the Plantations gift shop.
Matthew Semino of Winthrop, Mass., who received a bachelor's degree in policy analysis and management from Cornell this May, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar.
The Cornell Board of Trustees recently elected two new at-large trustees, two new trustee fellows, and it re-elected three at-large members, one member from the field of labor and three fellows. Board members also welcomed two new alumni-elected trustees, one new faculty-elected trustee and one new student-elected trustee.
Cornell biologists, who became underwater disc jockeys to study a homely fish that hums, say they have a clue as to how mate selection works. The auditory portion of the midbrain uses the acoustic qualities of all the noise to isolate one signal it is programmed to recognize as potentially interesting.
The bitter taste commonly associated with packaged grapefruit juice has long soured many potential consumers. But now Cornell food scientists say they have developed a special type of "active" container that significantly reduces the bitterness.
