Given that greenhouse gases still warm the atmosphere and climate change disrupts oceanic hydrology, the forecast for drought looks grim, according to a Cornell paper in Science.
On the anniversary of two devastating Southern Tier floods, local leaders will convene at the Living with Water summit Oct. 7-8 to review community resilience and the region's economy.
As lakes and waterways are threatened by end-of-summer blue-green algae that produce cyanotoxins, new Cornell research shows how water chemistry controls toxic molecules captured by sediment.
Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi death row inmate, had been tried six times for four murders he says he did not commit. In June 2019, a Cornell Law School team convinced the U.S. Supreme Court that he had been the victim of racial bias.
The new Council on Sexual Violence Prevention, which includes students, faculty and staff, is the latest in a recent series of initiatives to strengthen the university’s efforts to prevent and respond to bias and sexual violence.
A deep-freezing technique known as cryoablation is a viable alternative to traditional surgery in many early-stage breast cancers according to Weill Cornell Medicine research.
Five Johnson School alumni have committed to give the school $27 million and a new Innovation Challenge seeks to raise another $23 million by June 20, 2015.
Alan Paau, executive director of the Cornell Center for Technology Enterprise and Commercialization, is transitioning to an advisory role as vice provost for technology commercialization global initiatives Aug. 1. He will leave Cornell on Jan. 31, 2015.