At a Sept. 28 meeting of the Southern Tier Regional Development Council, Cornell President David Skorton, who co-chairs the council, expressed optimism for New York state's recovery. (Sept. 30, 2011)
Americans could dramatically cut down on their energy use by changing their eating habits and farming in more traditional ways, says a new Cornell study. (Aug. 11, 2008)
International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received an award from USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture for its extensive international benefiting agriculture. (Oct. 11, 2012)
The directorship of Cornell's Uihlein Sugar Maple Research and Extension Field Station in Lake Placid, N.Y., has been endowed by Henry II and Mildred A. Uihlein. (Oct. 8, 2012)
Cornell University will feature more than 600 exhibits on agricultural technology and products at this year's Empire Farm Days, Aug. 5-7, in Seneca Falls, N.Y. (July 25, 2008)
Dairy farmers could see a boost in milk production, thanks to a new alfalfa variety to be released by Cornell's world-class plant breeders. (March 27, 2012)
For the first time, fiber science students and faculty joined the class that spent two weeks in India recently. The textile students toured textile and apparel production facilities. (Jan. 31, 2011)
Aiming to correct imbalances, extension expert Emerson Hasbrouck testified before the U.S. Senate on federal rules that put New York's commercial fishermen at a disadvantage.
Researchers and extension educators are working to help promote regional wild fish and game species to locavores as healthy food options, by adding the data they've collected to nutritional databases and starting a Wild Harvest Table initiative.