The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems has awarded a $1.2 million grant for the creation of a new organic farming network managed by Cornell University's Department of Horticulture.
New York, NY (March 26, 2004) -- For the first time a team of researchers -- led by the University of Minnesota and Weill Cornell Medical College -- has determined the complete genome sequence of Cryptosporidium, a common diarrhea-causing parasite that can lurk in drinking water. The finding has been published in the March 25 issue of the electronic journal Science Express, to be followed by publication in April in the print version of Science."Cryptosporidiosis is a hard-to-treat condition, largely because we lack a basic understanding of the genetic make-up of the organism," said Dr. Mitchell Abrahamsen, principal investigator, faculty of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Genomics Center, where the genome sequencing was carried out.
David Skorton describes the humanities as the soul of the university. So it is fitting that a new collection of poems, "Like a Fragile Index of the World," celebrates his inauguration through the work of 38 Cornell poets, past…
A study done by the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center involving nearly 17,000 U.S. smokers confirms that women are twice as likely to develop lung cancer as men.
Some 93 million Americans do not have the numerical skills necessary to make well-informed decisions about their medical care, reports a Cornell professor, who has some suggestions on changing that. (Nov. 9, 2009)
To train educators and youth coaches about aquatic life, more than two dozen New York City educators are goin' fishin' on Thursday, Sept. 23, in Central Park.
Cornell President David Skorton has endorsed the Faculty Senate’s December 2013 resolution to aggressively bring carbon neutrality to campus by 2035, but he will not recommend the university divest its $5.7 billion endowment of the top 200 fossil fuel-holding companies.
The artist who gave the world its first glimpse of prehistoric life in 3-D and living color is the subject of a new special exhibition at the Museum of the Earth.
With entrepreneurship faculty and classes now scattered across campus, the nascent College of Business is poised to act as the focal point for entrepreneurship-related academics at Cornell.