New research reports that a single supergene can switch the entire wing pattern in certain swallowtail butterflies to mimic toxic relatives and avoid predation.
A tree grows in Brooklyn — despite big-city air pollutants. Meanwhile, identical trees planted downwind of city pollution grow only half as well — a surprising finding that ecologists in a Cornell University-based study, reported in the current issue of Nature.
Verizon chairman and CEO Lowell C. McAdam '76 will speak on campus Sept. 19 as the 32nd Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education on “Tackling the World's Biggest Challenges: The Future of Communications Technology.”
Students are learning archaeological methods and getting their hands dirty at a former Seneca Indian village in Geneva, N.Y., as part of a summer session course in Iroquois archaeology. (June 22, 2007)
Cornell's Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML) has announced eight merit-based scholarships for Cornell undergraduates to study marine sciences at the laboratory's summer program. The scholarships, funded by Henry (Hank) E. and Nancy…
The best way to confront climate change is by encouraging trading in greenhouse gas credits, said Christine Todd Whitman, former administrator of the EPA and ex-governor of New Jersey, April 23.
In a breakthrough discovery, researchers at Weill Medical College of Cornell University believe they have pinpointed the mechanism that triggers relapse in patients with deadly multiple myeloma.While available drugs can push the disease into temporary remission, fatal, uncontrolled cell division always re-emerges over time. Until now, the cellular mechanism driving this relapse has remained unclear. (December 23, 2005)
Entrepreneur, columnist and author James Altucher '89 recounted how his various failed businesses taught him valuable lessons that eventually reaped him success, in a Nov. 4 talk on campus.
Cornell has announced that one fraternity has been placed on suspended status and two others are on interim suspension as a result of allegations of hazing.
To the editor:
A new, public open space is greatly needed to replace what was correctly described as an "eyesore" in the recent Cornell Chronicle article ("Bailey Hall pedestrian plaza plan draws praise and concern," Feb. 16)…