Plant scientists from Cornell and the University of Tasmania, Australia, have successfully cloned one of history's first-studied genes -- the gene for stem growth in peas, according to a report in the latest issue of journal The Plant Cell, which was published today.
Chang Y. "Cy" Lee, professor of food science and chair of the Department of Food Science and Technology at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., was recently elected a fellow of the…
Science is part of our daily lives – the way we understand the natural world, the technologies we use and the decisions we make about our health and the environment.
From the folks who brought you the world's smallest guitar, now meet the nanoharp, this new "stringed instrument" plays the real music of science, serving as a platform to study the physics of very small vibrating systems.
Winnie F. Taylor, professor of law at Cornell University since 1990, has been appointed associate provost, President Hunter Rawlings and Provost Don M. Randel announced on May 1.
Donald R. Viands has been named associate dean of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and director of the college's Office of Academic Programs. Viands, whose appointment became effective Jan. 1.
President Hunter Rawlings outlined a seven-point plan of action for campus residential housing that provides a unifying educational experience for new students, preserves most student choice in housing and continues the current range of housing options.
Diversity in engineering is not just about fairness, but about creativity, according to Wm. [William] A. Wulf, president of the National Academy of Engineering, who will visit the Cornell campus to deliver two lectures on April 11 and 12.
A group of Muslim alumni have formed the Diwan Foundation, an initiative to enhance the quality of Muslim life on campus. Their first project is to establish and fund a Muslim chaplaincy. (Feb. 17, 2011)