With $5.6 million the Gates Foundation, the Cornell Alliance for Science will help inform decision-makers and consumers effectively communicate how agricultural technology works and its potential impacts.
Ceres2030, headquartered at Cornell, aims to end world hunger by 2030. Harnessing machine learning and librarian savvy, the project identified the most effective ways to boost crops, empower farmers and protect the environment.
School cafeterias that accept only electronic payments may be inadvertently promoting junkier food and adding empty calories to student diets, which contribute to obesity, say Cornell behavioral economists.
The U.S. economy will continue to expand slowly, thanks to a projected gross domestic product (GDP) of 2 percent, no inflation and a 5 percent unemployment rate, according to a Cornell economist.
A Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Managementstudy shows new regional production of broccoli in the Eastern United States is economically viable, with no negative impact on consumers prices.
The George Gellert family's $3 million gift has created and endowed the Gellert Family Professorship in Food Safety. Foodborne disease expert Martin Widemann is the inaugural chair holder.
At an Oct. 19 meeting of the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council, which he co-chairs, President David Skorton expressed optimism for the economic future of New York state. (Oct. 20, 2011)
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack met with Cornell faculty members July 29 to learn about solutions in the realm of dairy, nutrition and climate change.
Chris Barrett has been named the new David J. Nolan Director of the nationally ranked Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management effective Jan. 1, 2014.
Cornell University researchers received grants to speed up development, evaluation and adoption of new apple rootstocks and build a $100 million East Coast broccoli industry through new cultivars.