As Akwe:kon residence hall director, Ansley Jemison helps motivate Cornell students. He is also assistant coach for the Iroquois Nationals U19 lacrosse team, which is at the world championships in Finland.
Research has identified the predominant spore-forming bacteria in milk and their unique enzyme activity, knowledge that can now be used to protect the quality and shelf life of dairy products. (July 17, 2012)
A new agreement between the NYS Berry Growers Association and the Cornell berry breeding program, growers in the state will evaluate elite selections from the university in their own fields.
A star orchid is blooming on campus this week, but its story began 150 years earlier when Charles Darwin first observed the flower's foot-long nectary. (Dec. 5, 2012)
A company that uses Cornell-developed technology to create low-power, long-lasting batteries has received a $2.2 million boost from the federal government. (May 4, 2010)
Cornell researchers have found that vermicompost is not only an excellent fertilizer, but could also help prevent a pathogen that has been a scourge to greenhouse growers.
Los Angeles artist Jessica Rath worked with Professor Susan Brown to use Cornell apple trees as a basis for a photography exhibit in Pasadena next year. (June 16, 2011)
For the first time, the Empire State Fruit and Vegetable Expo and Direct Marketing Conference will offer 11 sessions in Spanish to better train many of the Spanish-speaking farmworkers. (Dec. 15, 2011)