Horticulture graduate student Bryan Sobel went to Rwanda to help women learn to cultivate mushrooms, a crop that can help the genocide-ravaged nation recover.
With proper management practices, farmers could grow crops while maintaining ecosystem services, said Cornell professor Alison Power during her AAAS presentation in Chicago. (Feb. 17, 2009)
W. Keith Kennedy, provost emeritus, professor emeritus at Cornell and former dean of Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, died Feb. 18 at age 92. (Feb. 21, 2011)
Twenty-eight students from top U.S. universities participated in the summer scholars program at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y.
The second episode of 'CU in the Kitchen,' called 'Nutrition Made Delicious' and hosted by the Dan Gaibel, shows how Cornell Dining is adjusting food preparation to help students eat well. (Feb. 2, 2011)
Researchers at Cornell have developed a strain of maize with a high iron bioavailability, meaning more of the iron that is present naturally in these maize lines can be absorbed.