Boots on the farm: helping veterans access agribusiness

Cornell programs are helping veterans transition from soldier to farmer by providing knowledge and resources to facilitate entry into agribusiness.

Atkinson Center faculty-in-residence fellows announced

Ten Cornell faculty in the social sciences, humanities and arts will be next year’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future faculty-in-residence fellows working on sustainability projects.

New toolkit clarifies agricultural economic assessment

Agribusiness expert Todd Schmit of the Dyson School has created a toolkit to evaluate the economic benefits of investing in local and regional food systems.

Cornell's Sutton Road solar farm opens in Geneva

Cornell's new Sutton Road solar farm, a facility that will offset 40 percent of the electricity at the university's agricultural experiment station in Geneva, New York, has become operational.

Poor cell phone coverage creates a 'mobile divide'

Having mapped cell-phone signal strength, Cornell researchers find that low-income regions receive less network coverage compared to their affluent counterparts.

Minglin Ma wins Hartwell award for diabetes work

Minglin Ma, assistant professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, has won a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award, worth $300,000 over three years.

Two on faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Two Cornell researchers were elected as new members of the National Academy of Sciences May 3.

Retweeting may overload your brain

Reposting or otherwise sharing messages creates a "cognitive overload" that interferes with learning and retaining the content.

Design alumna shares lessons on sustainability, life

Jessica Cooper ’07 delivered the biennial Glenn H. Beyer Memorial Lecture April 27 on campus. She is executive vice president and director of sustainability at Delos Solutions.