The leading enemy of New York state's fall onion harvest is a fly with the Latin name, 'Delia antiqua.' Onion growers just call its immature stage the onion maggot and it has been wreaking economic havoc in the state's onion fields for decades.
Your college freshman finally comes home for a break, dumps the laundry on the floor and disappears for most of the week. Your daughter is devastated: She was rushed but received no sorority bids.
It may not be a household concept, but integrated pest management is the talk of the farm. About 90 percent of the state's growers or producers use at least one form of of it.
Restaurant patrons tend to spend more money when they select their items from menus that don't use dollar signs, reports a new Cornell study. (Dec. 9, 2009)
A substantial number of older persons are physically or mentally abused, and mistreated seniors are three times more likely to die within three years than those who are not abused, a study done for Cornell researchers.
On March 30, Jewish and African-American students ate dinner together and talked about religion and culture at Ithaca's St. James AME Zion Church as part of the 'Breaking Bread' diversity series.
Events this week include a local foods fair and photography at Mann Library, a Thanksgiving feast, science fiction films, an Indian cultural gala, and a Literary luncheon with James McConkey. (Nov. 19, 2009)
Cornell Minesweeper was one of several award recipients at the March 28 banquet, which honored both students and faculty in the College of Engineering. (April 23, 2008)
Weill Cornell Medical College has received a major $7.6-million award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to establish a consortium that will support three clinical trials on new ways to help patients with cardiopulmonary disease.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold its first meeting of 2001 at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Jan. 25 through 27.