A small mite is causing big trouble for New York state's honeybee population and putting in peril the fruit and vegetable crops that depend on these pollinators.
The School of Hotel Administration honored a hotel industry legend and a pioneer in ride-sharing apps at its ninth annual Cornell Hospitality Icon and Innovator Awards June 6 at The Pierre in Manhattan.
The biggest food challenge today is not hunger but nutritional deficiency. That’s the conclusion of Cornell food security experts who spoke at the National Press Club Nov. 23.
A self-reinforcing cycle connecting depleted soils and rural farmers may be one answer why Sub-Saharan Africa is home to most of the world's extreme poor, say Cornell researchers.
More than 100 economics majors read “The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life” over winter break. The department also offered credit to students to write papers about the book.
Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States and the United Kingdom are the world's most innovative countries, according to the Global Innovation Index 2017, co-edited by Soumitra Dutta, dean of Cornell SC Johnson.
The framework establishes roles of units involved with technology development and commercialization, development of strategic alliances, advancement of student entrepreneurship and promotion of regional economic development.
Cornell Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows soon will return home to 10 countries, taking with them a set of communication tools to contribute to local policy debates on ag technology and food security.
Using data from “Shark Tank,” economist Sharon Poczter found that women entrepreneurs got about half as much funding for their startups as men – but only because they asked for less. The takeaway? Ask and you shall receive.
Pouring milk into vats, then brining, ripening, dipping and taking notes, more than a dozen students produced delicious cheese at Cornell's sixth Science of Cheese Making and Vat Pasteurization workshop.