David Wolfe, professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science, told a congressional committee in a hearing on agricultural resiliency that climate change impacts have been more complex and severe than scientists had forecast three decades ago.
More than 550 Cornell alumni and students have come together in 33 cities in North America for Cornell Cares Day events over winter break to volunteer in hometown communities.
Events on campus include a book talk on rural aging issues, guest filmmakers at Cornell Cinema, and a lecture on four controversial Anglophone books that found success when first published in France.
ILR School Professor John M. Abowd will join the U.S. Census Bureau as associate director for research and methodology and chief scientist, Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson announced Dec. 10.
Cornell's Small Farms Program has received a new three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to broaden its support for new farmers in the Northeast. (Nov. 23, 2009)
President David Skorton applauded New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who, in his State of the State Address, emphasized the need to take advantage of higher education institutions in improving the state economy. (Jan. 6, 2011)
Emeritus professor of creative writing Lamar Herrin uses hydrofracking as the background of his new novel, "Fractures," a family story set in a New York town.
Three classes of Park Leadership fellows have participated in the MacCormick-Johnson Fatherhood Program in which MBA students mentor incarcerated youth.
Professor's new book shows how Jacqueline Kahanoff's philosophy of 'Levantinism,' advocating a multicultural society in Israel is still relevant today.