A platoon of Cornell faculty contributed to the mix of eminent global researchers at the 2016 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C.
A new website gives growers and consumers up-to-date information on research about the Swede midge, which in insect whose infestations can destroy cruciferous vegetables. (Sept. 8, 2010)
Rendering some of the world’s toxic soils moot, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research and Cornell researchers are learning to grow stress-tolerant crops on formerly non-farmable land.
The discovery of the aggressive hydrilla plant in upstate in Cayuga Inlet by Cornell staff is the first detection of the invasive plant in upstate New York. (Aug. 17, 2011)
Michael Latham, M.D., professor emeritus and graduate school professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell, was honored Oct. 7 with the Michael Latham Public Lecture in Penang, Malaysia. (Oct. 13, 2008)
Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, spoke about food and research on campus March 7.
Andrew Landers, a senior extension associate at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, has developed sprayers that reduce excess pesticide use.
Kenneth L. Robinson, the L.H. Bailey Professor Emeritus of Applied Economics and Management, who taught and conducted research at Cornell for 36 years, died recently at age 89. (Dec. 10, 2010)
Steven D. Tanksley, a molecular geneticist who pioneered concepts essential to modern plant breeding while a professor at Cornell University, has won the prestigious Japan Prize worth $420,000.