U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, visited Cornell Dec. 20, to hear from university researchers and administrators about how the federal government can help improve the process of bringing the fruits of the university's biotechnology research to market.
Cornell nutritionists and agronomists will travel to the Chakaria area of Bangladesh beginning today to investigate why the disease rickets has been found in such a sunny place. Rickets, a debilitating disease affecting bone growth and resulting in gross deformities, is usually associated with a lack of sunlight.
From disappearing frogs and Alaskan fisheries to Gypsy herbs and West African deforestation, filmmakers will talk about their artistic visions at the third annual Environmental Film Festival Oct. 22-28.
Two prominent entomologists, one from Cornell, warn that three recent studies on the effects of genetically engineered crops have distorted the debate about engineered crops and that this could have "profound consequences" for science and public policy.
Ranking as one of the world's greatest scientific and social achievements, the Green Revolution saved millions from starvation in the 1960s and 70s. Now, faced with increasing population growth, environmental degradation and problems of hunger, Cornell University scientists believe the future is bleak.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Clifton R. Wharton Jr., a former deputy secretary of state, chancellor of the State University of New York system and chairman of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and the College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), will give the Messenger Lecture at Cornell University on Thursday, April 18, at 4:30 p.m. in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall. The title of the free and open lecture is "Presidential Politics and Foreign Policy: Diminishing America's Global Stature."
Ronald J. Herring, a Cornell professor of government and chair of that department since 1993, has been named director of the university’s Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies by Provost Don Randel.
Farmer-owned fruit and vegetable cooperatives that wholesale produce to restaurants, supermarkets and institutions could become a valuable marketing strategy to help sustain the agriculture industry in the Northeast.
Farmer-owned fruit and vegetable cooperatives that wholesale produce to restaurants, supermarkets and institutions could become a valuable marketing strategy to help sustain the agriculture industry in the Northeast, according to a recent report by a Cornell University group.
To offer a healthful alternative to the 1992 U.S. Food Guide Pyramid, Cornell University and Harvard University researchers have teamed up with other experts in unveiling an official Vegetarian Diet Pyramid. (Jan. 7, 1998)