A Cornell horse was the sole DNA donor for the entire horse genome, which has been recently completed with help from the beginning from Doug Antczak, a veterinary immunologist. (Nov. 16, 2009)
When a romance ends, most couples go their separate way. But sometimes one partner can't let go. In fact, about 20 percent of undergraduates who took part in a survey at two universities said they have been the target of stalking or some other form of intrusive contact by a former partner. And 10 percent of those surveyed, both male and female, said they had targeted a former partner when romance ended. Of the students who had been the target of intrusive contact, about 20 percent said they feared for their physical safety at some point during the contact. All told, half of the relationships that involved intrusive contact occurred during high school. The studies looked at almost 700 undergraduates at Cornell University and the University of Virginia to see how common stalking is among young adults. (September 24, 2004)
The National Science Foundation has awarded $6.5 million to Cornell University researchers to sequence the tomato genome, improve genetic manipulation of maize to learn how to make crops more aluminum tolerant and to develop and use innovative computational algorithms for the simulation of turbulent combustion. Specifically, $4.2 million over two years has been awarded to the research consortium directed by Steven D. Tanksley, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant Breeding, to sequence all 12 tomato chromosomes. Stephen Pope, the Sibley College Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and his research group have been awarded almost $1.4 million to develop computer algorithms to improve the ability to simulate combustion processes and, thereby, improve the design of combustion devices. In addition, a research group directed by Leon Kochian, an adjunct professor of plant biology and the director of the U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory at Cornell, has been awarded $933,000 over five years to generate better molecular and genomic resources to improve aluminum tolerance and crop performance in acid soils. (September 24, 2004)
Young lambs may not need inoculation against enterotoxemia type D -- otherwise known as "overeating disease" -- until past the age of 6 weeks, according to Cornell animal scientists.
Seth Cochran '00, M.Eng. '01, has started a nonprofit called Operation OF, now being piloted in Uganda, dedicated to ending obstetric fistula worldwide. (April 2, 2009)
Cornell will honor 35 secondary school teachers, some from as far away as Russia, Singapore and India, May 26. The teachers were selected by Cornell's Merrill Presidential Scholars program.
The grants will allow researchers to study the use of cover crops in organic farming and how different organic farming practices affect yields. (June 10, 2010)