The university launched the Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease, an organization that connects the community of Cornell researchers studying host-microbe biology and disease.
Marianne Krasny, director of the Civic Ecology Lab and professor in the Department of Natural Resources, has been elected a foreign fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.
Students reflected on their learning experiences and future goals in community engagement as they completed a leadership certificate program this spring.
Researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute have collected the genome sequences of 725 different wild tomato types to create a pangenome, which will help breeders develop better strains.
Denise Morrison, president and CEO of Campbell Soup Co., visited Cornell May 4 with a message for female food scientists: You too can be leaders in the food systems industry.
The Cider and Perry Production: Science & Practice course, held at Cornell AgriTech Dec. 3-7 drew hard cider producers from around the country to Geneva.
Farmers in the Northeast are adopting production habits tailored to longer, warming climate conditions, but they may face spring planting whiplash as they confront saturated fields from heavy rain.
Cornell has strengthened its presence in Africa by formalizing a research relationship with the Faculty of AgriSciences of Stellenbosch University in South Africa. (June 27, 2011)