A four-year multidisciplinary Cornell/Cornell Cooperative Extension project is assessing contaminants in urban garden soils and promoting management strategies to minimize potential health risks. (Dec. 16, 2010)
The architects - Baird Sampson Neuert Architects - who designed the Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center at the Cornell Plantations have won a prestigious Canadian award for their design. (Dec. 16, 2010)
Students in the Cornell's Dairy Science Club get to travel every other year to a faraway country to get another view of agriculture. The club raises the funds through their annual Holstein sales. (Dec. 16, 2010)
The Cornell Dairy Science Club - one of Cornell's largest student clubs - hosted its first reunion in October. More than 50 alumni returned. (Dec. 16, 2010)
A Cornell researcher seeks to understand the mechanisms behind tumor growth in the inherited disease tuberous sclerosis, thanks to an award from the Department of Defense. (Dec. 16, 2010)
A collaboration with Weill Cornell Medical College has resulted in the nation's first comprehensive guide for hospital emergency preparedness exercises. It's posted on a government site. (Dec. 16, 2010)
A three-story yellow balloon suspended over the sculpture court at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art is part of an upcoming exhibition focusing on Tata Motors' Nano automobile. (Dec. 15, 2010)
Global warming has curbed butter production worldwide, which has boosted U.S. exports of both butter and cheese, experts reported at Cornell's Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference Dec. 14. (Dec. 15, 2010)
Design students working with Professor Lorraine Maxwell have been helping the New Roots high school and Caroline Elementary School rethink how they use some of their spaces. (Dec. 15, 2010)
The reindeer (caribou) population is in serious decline, warns a Cornell conservation scientist, who blames the demise on global warming and industrial development. (Dec. 14, 2010)