Cornell Cooperative Extension-New York City will help to sow innovative urban agriculture projects in Big Apple schools, Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer announced at an April 30 press conference.
Germinating from a campus incubator, Uma Bioseed – a startup business developed by Cornell MBA students – has won the 2015 New York Business Plan Competition, winning a $100,000 grand prize.
Celebrating its first year of research projects in India, the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative briefed faculty and students on drinking-water system projects, research on iron nutrition for women, and a food fortification study.
To determine effective tobacco warning labels, five Cornell faculty members will receive a five-year, $3 million federal grant to examine how anti-smoking messages can affect youth, and low-income and low-education groups.
For 35 years, the Northeast Regional Climate Center, housed in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been helping farmers and policymakers adapt to the weather.
As part of the $5 million Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement program, Cornell University plans to bring an emerging livestock market, known as "stocker" beef cattle, to the Southern Tier.
Mike Hoffmann went to Vietnam for the first time in 47 years: On his first tour of duty, he was a 19-year-old U.S. Marine, and for the March 2016 trip, Hoffmann returned as an environmental scientist.
The Institute for Food Safety at Cornell, announced Dec. 15 with a $2 million state grant, establishes a comprehensive center that connects training and research to check foodborne illness.