New drugs from fungi, more economical production of hybrid crop plants and children's vaccines in potato slices will be discussed at the 13th annual Cornell Biotechnology Symposium.
A potentially fatal bacterial disease that damages the liver and kidneys of dogs, humans and other animals – leptospirosis – is appearing in new forms in the United States.
Cornell nutritionists and agronomists will travel to the Chakaria area of Bangladesh beginning today to investigate why the disease rickets has been found in such a sunny place. Rickets, a debilitating disease affecting bone growth and resulting in gross deformities, is usually associated with a lack of sunlight.
The Macedonian ambassador to the United States, Ljubica Z. Acevska, will visit Cornell University Oct. 8 through 10 to meet with faculty and students and discuss a variety of issues, among them human rights violations, international law and Macedonia's position in the international arena.
Where to go to study rare freshwater sponges, find birds in a thorn thicket, watch monarch butterflies in a field of goldenrods and dozens of other educational/recreational opportunities are detailed in a new publication from Cornell Plantations, A Field Guide to Cornell's Off-Campus Natural Areas.
Into the Streets, a student program of the Public Service Center at Cornell, is sponsoring its annual community public service day on Oct. 4, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nearly 400 Cornell students, faculty and staff will participate in public service projects throughout Tompkins County.
With the help of Weslin Consulting Services, a national public transportation consulting firm, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit is initiating a service and fare consolidation study. Currently, City of Ithaca, Tompkins County and Cornell transportation services are operated separately, with different fare structures.
Joel Westheimer, an assistant professor in the School of Education at New York University and winner of the 1997 Millman Promising Scholar Award presented by Cornell University's Department of Education, will give three public presentations, Oct. 8 and 9, on the Cornell campus.
When female wasps return to the colony after foraging, some females initiate aggressive encounters with males and stuff them -- head first -- into empty nest cells, according to Cornell research reported in the Oct. 2 issue of the scientific journal Nature.
To help parents make sensible and trustworthy choices in the potentially overwhelming world of child care options, a Cornell expert has co-authored a new handbook that gives parents the tools to collect and assess information on child care.
Representatives from various California digital arts and film production companies, including DreamWorks, will meet with representatives of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning this weekend to discuss the merits of a new academic program on digital arts.
