Retiring Baby Boomers and lower-paid minorities will drive down median income over the next two decades, according to research by Richard Burkhauser and Jeff Larrimore.
In enrolling students from low-income families, Cornell is in the top 15 among selective private colleges and universities in a recent survey – and is tied with Columbia at No. 1 in New York state and the Ivy League.
Researchers and extension educators are working to help promote regional wild fish and game species to locavores as healthy food options, by adding the data they've collected to nutritional databases and starting a Wild Harvest Table initiative.
In the shadow of a Ferris wheel and just beyond the midway, The Great New York State Fair features a new exhibit: the Dairy Cow Birthing Center. Fairgoers have packed the barnyard maternity ward to standing room only.
A new study of female barn swallows has found that the birds with darker breast feathers – both naturally dark and artificially darkened (with markers) – experience less cell damage than lighter ones.
Cornell United Way co-chairs KyuJung Whang and Anne Kenney focus on the benefits that United Way-supported programs bring to the lives of local and Cornell community members.
Events on campus this week include an exhibit on early Cornell women scientists, the first Bound for Glory and Department of Music concerts of the season, the start of salsa lessons and a lecture on race and crime.
The Dump & Run sale held last weekend raised close to $55,000 to benefit local charities. A remaining amount of excess furniture from Balch Hall will go on sale Aug. 31, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at a warehouse on Warren Drive.
Students throughout the College of Human Ecology participate in summer research that deepens their understanding of various fields and sometimes causes them to re-evaluate their career paths.