In the Liberty Hyde Bailey Lecture, held June 10 as part of Reunion Weekend at Call Auditorium, faculty members Greg Martin, Jim Giovannoni and Susan McCouch, Ph.D. ’90 celebrated their mentor, Cornell Professor Emeritus Steve Tanksley.
Former post-doctoral researcher Royall Tyler Moore bequeathed nearly $500,000 to Cornell, which will be administered by the School of Integrated Plant Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Cornell researchers have discovered five new species of a group of bacteria called Listeria – including one named for Cornell, providing new insights that could lead to better ways to detect the soil bacteria in food.
Chris Schaffer, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been awarded the 2009 Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. (April 3, 2009)
From judging milkshake contests to tending goats; from nurturing animal births to assembling yogurt parfaits, Cornell makes a Big Red imprint on the Great New York State Fair.
The students received support through a $134,000 grant by the Intel Foundation, directed by the Semiconductor Research Corp. Education Alliance's Undergraduate Research Opportunities program. (March 7, 2011)
A new Cornell study of New York state apple orchards finds that pesticides cause harm to wild bees, and fungicides labeled "safe for bees" may indirectly also threaten native pollinators.