Cornell graduate students Andrew Harwood and Michael Lukianoff hope to create a wine growers' cooperative and winery in Virginia that will help farmers in depressed rural communities there replace their tobacco crops with biodynamically grown grapes.
The Cornell's Institute of Food Science and the Central New York Institute of Food Technologists will present a symposium, 'Science in the Supermarket: Consumer Issues with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).'
Retiring Baby Boomers and lower-paid minorities will drive down median income over the next two decades, according to research by Richard Burkhauser and Jeff Larrimore.
Professor Urie Bronfenbrenner is the first recipient of the American Psychological Association's new award, named in his honor, the Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society.
Extending university expertise in toxicology and risk-assessment to decision-makers, corporations and the general public as well as developing undergraduate-level education programs in environmental toxicology are among the priorities for the new director of Cornell's Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology.
David Harris began his duties as interim provost Sept. 1, and his experience as deputy provost and vice provost for the social sciences has prepared him to hit the ground running during the search process. (Sept. 2, 2008)
The interdisciplinary conference 'The Language of Food' will explore the role of food and its impact on culture April 13-14, with lectures, panel discussions, tastings, exhibitions and films. (April 12, 2012)