Starting in the fall 2017 semester, Cornell University will offer a Master of Public Health degree with a focus on epidemiology, infectious disease, food systems and sustainability.
A biosensor made from a common bacterium that can detect toxic metals in water won the Cornell Genetically Engineered Machines student project team a bronze medal at a recent competition. (Nov. 30, 2009)
Employing powerful genome sequencing tools, Cornell scientists have gained new insight into how efficiently the microbes in large bioreactors produce methane from brewery waste. (Feb. 24, 2011)
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Binghamton, N.Y., Mayor Matt Ryan helped kick off a summer youth employment initiative, an urban farm, as part of the Community Improvement Through Youth Project. (July 16, 2010)
The Cornell Piano Society includes Cornellians and local residents who either take or give lessons - or both - for a nominal fee. Members also have access to master classes and grand pianos. (Feb. 4, 2011)
Marcia Stofman Morton '61 has announced she will leave a $1 million bequest to Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; most of it will benefit agricultural sciences. (Feb. 20, 2012)
Ravi Singh, a Cornell adjunct professor, said how wheat varieties are being developed rapidly to combat a global threat at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Feb. 16-20.
With projections of 9.5 billion people by 2050, humankind faces the challenge of feeding modern diets to additional mouths while using the same amounts of water, fertilizer and arable land as today.
Collaborators on the Cornell Gleaning Project are discovering ways to help farmers efficiently harness the leftover crops that they don't sell to donate to food banks.