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.
Cornell's Small Farms Program has received a new three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to broaden its support for new farmers in the Northeast. (Nov. 23, 2009)
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)
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.
Ponder sustainable fuels and think Rumpelstiltskin: Growers in New York state may one day turn craggy, rugged and lumpy marginal land – by growing grasses and shrubs – into a virtual, perennial fountain of liquid energy gold.
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.
Entomologist Elson Shields, who spearheaded biocontrol ways to control the alfalfa snout beetle, will receive the Entomological Foundation Award for Excellence in IPM.
Alumni Affairs and Development has recycled and redistributed office supplies gathered from recent office moves, saving $72,000 in office supply purchases and distributing the surplus to area not-for-profits. (July 7, 2010)