Ice cream, yogurt, cheese and milk all starts with a special delivery – the birth of a calf. Now for the first time, this maternal miracle can be witnessed at the Dairy Cow Birthing Center at the New York State Fair Aug. 22-Sept. 2.
Cornell University researchers received grants to speed up development, evaluation and adoption of new apple rootstocks and build a $100 million East Coast broccoli industry through new cultivars.
Cases of Lyme disease are increasing in central and northwestern New York state due to a variety of factors. A Cornell expert offers tips to avoid contracting the disease.
On Dec. 15, science illustrator and artist Jane Kim completed the only known mural in the world with paintings that encompass all families of birds on one wall.
Women make up 39 percent of Cornell's engineering undergraduates – almost twice the national average, according to a National Science Foundation report. The report also found Cornell has made strides with underrepresented groups in science.
By attaching a cancer-killer protein to white blood cells, Cornell biomedical engineers have demonstrated the annihilation of metastasizing cancer cells traveling throughout the bloodstream.
The Cornell Biological Field Station will offer 11-week undergraduate research internships starting June 1, with applications due Feb. 15. (Feb. 9, 2010)
Scientists at Cornell in Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar have received $1 million from the Qatar National Research Fund for a study to help reduce desert expansion. (June 29, 2010)
The president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, visits campus Nov. 20-22. He will deliver a public lecture, “Iceland’s Clean Energy Economy – A Roadmap to Sustainability and Good Business,” Nov. 21 at 4 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium.