Worry not, they don't bite. After a 16-year slumber underground, the 17-year cicadas – with their raucous rib-rendered buzz – return this spring, says Cole Gilbert, associate professor of entomology.
Two Cornellians taught 50 college students in Puerto Rico how to compost and spread the gospel of recycling on the island, which is running out of places to put garbage.
A Johnson School team took first place among the nation's leading business schools in the IdeaCorps Challenge at Entrepreneur Week 2010 in New Orleans. (April 8, 2010)
Many tropical mountain birds are shifting their ranges upslope to escape warmer temperatures, but tropical species appear to be more sensitive to climate shifts than species from temperate regions.
The School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering introduced a new course this year on renewable fuels, taught by Samir Somaiya, executive director of the Godavari Sugar Mills Ltd. in India. (May 7, 2008)
Artist Laurie Anderson discusses her upcoming "Dirt Day!" performance Sept. 21 at the State Theatre; she also joins Roald Hoffman on an art and science panel Sept. 22 at the Museum of the Earth.
The project will consolidate data from 10 natural history bee collections across the United States - including Cornell's estimated 250,000 specimen collection.
Local efforts to control nutrient runoff could stave off toxic cyanobacterial blooms around the world despite a warming climate, according to a Cornell researcher's article in Science magazine. (Oct. 6, 2011)