Veterinary medicine researchers have found that stem cells inside capsules secrete substances that help heal simulated wounds in cell cultures. The capsules need to be tested to see if they will help healing in humans.
Professors Glenn Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick's book details Cornell's emergence as a modern research university and the ongoing balance between its ideals of freedom and responsibility.
As the NYS Seed Testing Lab at the NYS Ag Experiment Station celebrates its centennial, Joyce Wicksall has a unique view - She's worked there for more than half of its 100-year history.
Steven C. Kyle, an expert in macroeconomics and government policy in the U.S. and in low-income countries, says that while a new power grid is obviously the short-term solution, in the long term the U.S. federal government will need to offer substantial incentives to support the Puerto Rican economy.
Trying to rebuild the World Trade Center involved a multitude of obstacles, said experts involved in the project, all Cornell alumni, at a panel discussion in New York City July 18. (July 27, 2011)
Cornell has released two new potato varieties that are ideal for potato chips. They are Waneta and Lamoka - named after a pair of twin lakes in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. (Feb. 21, 2011)
Cornell’s newest science communications vehicle is “Modified,” a retrofitted, retro-vibe food truck that serves modified munchies with a side of biotechnology knowledge.
Vice President Susan Murphy issued a message of condolence on the death of Oluchukwu Chinedu Onuora, a 23-year-old senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Jan. 24. Funeral services will be held Feb. 7 in White Plains, N.Y.
Andrew Chignell, associate professor of philosophy, and two co-editors have produced a new book, “Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments about the Ethics of Eating.”
Twelve faculty-led projects have been awarded approximately $213,000 in funding for development in 2016 Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum grants.
