Cornell and the Smithsonian Institution are expanding their collaboration to conserve endangered species, advise foreign governments on sustainable development and develop protocols to archive biological collections.
Robert Morgan, the Kappa Alpha Professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, has a just-published novel, "Chasing the North Star", on the heels of a recent poetry collection, "Dark Energy."
Professor Emeritus Arthur Bloom, who taught at Cornell for 36 years and wrote what is considered the final comprehensive textbook on geomorphology, died May 31 in Ithaca at the age of 88.
Shu-Bing Qian, a professor of molecular nutrition whose work explores how genetic information gets translated in order to make proteins in cells, has won a National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award.
The new Cornell University Ruminant Center features an $8 million, 105,000-square-foot home in Harford, N.Y., in a bucolic setting 15 miles from campus.
The 2015 sudden death of more than 200,000 saiga antelopes was likely due to environmental factors triggering a deadly bacterium, according to new research from the College of Veterinary Medicine.
The Peter ’69 and Marilyn ’69 Coors Conversation Series will provide a forum for “intellectual discourse on difficult yet timely issues facing the nation.”
In a longitudinal study of first-year college students, scientists link modest weight gain with a diminished ability to taste sweet and salty foods – particularly in males. The new Cornell research was published in the Journal of Nutrition, Aug. 23.
Saundra Anderson received the President's Award May 19 at the High Five Employee Recognition Awards luncheon. Also recognized were Jason Allen, Michelle Artibee, Marianne Marsh and Nancy Weislogel.