With its largest number of spinoff businesses launched to date, the Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise and Commercialization had its most successful year in FY 2010. (Dec. 8, 2010)
A group of Cornell students and two instructors took part in a new design exchange program between the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University this summer. (Dec. 8, 2010)
Cornell professor Eswar Prasad has co-authored 'Emerging Markets, Global Financial Crisis, Global Economics' (Brookings Press, 2010), which analyzes the success of emerging market economies. (Dec. 6, 2010)
Michael Latham, M.D., professor emeritus, will deliver the keynote address Dec. 7 on nutritional security through community agriculture in developing countries at FAO international symposium in Rome. (Dec. 6, 2010)
A new $659,529 training grant from the National Institutes of Health will focus on how genes guide development and will support three graduate students interested in this area of study.
As the number of species declines due to habitat loss, pollution and climate change, the risk of catching infectious diseases may rise for humans, animals and plants. (Dec. 2, 2010)
Low building quality negatively affects student achievement, and this is exacerbated by high student mobility; both conditions are more often found in low-income districts, reports a Cornell study. (Dec. 1, 2010)