With New England leading the way, April showers brought 133 percent of the Northeast's normal precipitation, making it the 10th wettest April in 102 years of records, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell.
For at least the past two summers, high amounts of ground-level ozone - a pollutant commonly called 'smog' - have seriously retarded the growth of ozone-sensitive white clover in agricultural areas of Long Island, N.Y.
Eight Cornellians received Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Awards Feb. 28 for their contributions to improving the climate for women at Cornell.
Events this week include a community reading by Cornell and local writers, talks on computing and anthropology, jazz at Bailey Hall and video art at the Johnson Museum. (Oct. 29, 2009)
The ingredients: several dozen yards of yellow 'caution' tape, 800 first-year students and a bullhorn. The result: the official photo for the Class of 2009, with students spelling out the year '2009' across Libe Slope.
Michael Latham, M.D., professor emeritus and graduate school professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell, was honored Oct. 7 with the Michael Latham Public Lecture in Penang, Malaysia. (Oct. 13, 2008)
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.
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.
Cornell is well-known for its Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, but it's also home to the Robison Disc Golf Course, where players try to 'ace' the nine-basket course on North Campus. (Sept. 6, 2012)
The CU-ADVANCE Center and Cornell Interactive Theater Ensemble held a Sept. 21 seminar to raise awareness for department chairs and search committee representatives about unconscious gender bias and equity in faculty searches. (Sept. 25, 2007)