An Oct. 1 panel discussion on energy security and sustainability was part of Cornell's celebration around the naming gift that created the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. (Oct. 4, 2010)
The inaugural class of new Master of Professional Studies programs in plant breeding and food science arrived at Cornell's Ithaca campus from India's Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in early June. (July 27, 2009)
Cornell's Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y., has 110 acres, including 77 research plots where faculty and students study agricultural issues. (March 16, 2011)
The Cornell University Institute for African Development (IAD) will host a two-day symposium, "Hydropolitics and Geopolitics in Africa," April 22-23 in McManus Lounge, Hollister Hall, on the Cornell campus.
With the CU-ADVANCE Center's five-year grant period drawn to a close, its leaders point to the many ways its goals have been met, but also what more needs to be done.
Gardeners beware: This year in the eastern U.S., late blight is killing tomato and potato plants earlier than ever before, and basil downy mildew is affecting plants in gardens and on commercial farms. (July 1, 2009)
Robert H. Foote, a professor emeritus of animal science whose pioneering research led to in vitro fertilization in agricultural livestock, died of lung failure in Ithaca Oct. 27. A memorial service will be held Nov. 9. (Nov. 3, 2008)
Historian Eric Tagliacozzo was one of three panelists Jan. 14 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to discuss food as a driving force of economic development. (Jan. 18, 2010)
Anthony Shelton, Cornell professor of entomology, has co-edited the new book, which informs the debate about using transgenic crops to control pests. (Sept. 29, 2008)
Cornell economist Steven Kyle predicts that 2010 will bring flat growth, high unemployment rates unlikely to budge, and continued turmoil in the housing market. (Dec. 9, 2009)