Cornell University will host the "2000 Greenhouse Management Conference: Grow Your Greenhouse" conference Nov. 9 and 10 at the Holiday Inn, Batavia, N.Y. The conference is being held in conjunction with the Country Folks Grower Trade Show and Garden Plant Education Day. The conference is for anyone interested in starting or expanding a greenhouse business or for those involved in the horticultural industry, either as managers or as service providers, and for horticultural educators.
Butter made from milk containing increased levels of a natural fatty acid reduced the risk of breast cancer in laboratory animals, according to new research published today
James Garbarino, Cornell professor of human development and co-director of the Family Life Development Center, has been elected the Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professor.
The tiny Belding's ground squirrels appear to be "kissing". Instead, they are sniffing to analyze secretions from facial scent glands, hoping to learn from the complex odor bouquet who is family and who's not.
It's a problem faced by people joining noisy parties and by midshipman fish seeking mates: How to cut through the racket and find Mr. Right? Now Cornell University biologists, who became underwater disc jockeys to study a homely fish that hums, say they have a clue as to how mate selection works.
A recent Cornell class was the first to apply an ultrasonic technology used to make body bags for high couture. The hitch? No stitch -- no thread or glue were allowed to be used. (Oct. 16, 2007)
Composing inspirational music is Dick Lee's way to "make a joyful noise unto the Lord." And he's been doing so since he composed his first piece at age 5.
A member of the Class of 1941, Lee is one of Cornell's oldest living…
World-renowned architect Richard Meier '56, B.Arch. '57, is returning to Cornell's campus -- not just for his 50th reunion or to view the progress of his landmark campus building, but for the premier of a video -- "Big Red to…
Steve Squyres, Cornell's Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, has written a book about the Mars Exploration Rover mission that takes an inside look at how the mission came together.
Cornell will honor the memory of alumnus Leo Frank, Class of 1906, with an art opening, a talk and a movie on Oct. 25, Oct. 28, and Nov. 1. All events are free and open to the public.