Deliberating security and a sustainable future, six professors from a variety of disciplines offered quick-takes on destiny – and how our society adjusts - at Charter Day Weekend.
Cornell has joined nearly 50 universities in a commitment to address global hunger. University leaders will sign the Presidents’ Commitment to Food and Nutrition Security Dec. 9 at the United Nations.
Katherine Bunting-Howarth, an attorney with a Ph.D. in marine studies, is now the program leader for New York Sea Grant's extension program, supervising more than a dozen staff throughout New York. (April 4, 2011)
“Food Security in a Vulnerable World” will be a daylong symposium Sept. 12 that will include World Food Prize laureates, World Food Prize Youth Institute alumni, journalists and researchers.
New York is on the front lines of detecting foodborne pathogen outbreaks, thanks to a partnership between the state Department of Health and Cornell researchers.
Puffed rice just got more snap, crackle and pop, thanks to a new method for making puffed rice that retains nutrients and allows producers to fortify cereals with vitamins and protein.
Ph.D. student Leliah Krounb is studying how to turn human waste into soil nutrients in Kenya by using pyrolysis – thermal combustion in the absence of oxygen.
Three Cornell researchers will discuss mitigating climate change, biochar and the challenges of wheat rust, respectively, at the 2012 Association for Advancement of Science meeting, Feb. 16-20.
Restaurateur Dan Barber, who writes on food and agricultural policy and promotes sustainable practices to achieve the best taste in farm and garden-grown foods, will speak in Call Auditorium. (March 17, 2011)
A member of the faculty for 53 years, Henry N. Ricciuti, 93, professor emeritus of human development and an expert on early childhood development, died March 14 at his home in Ithaca. (March 15, 2011)