Five Cornell students and one faculty member recently made presentations at a major international food aid meeting in Rome that have people in Washington and elsewhere in the world taking notice. (March 1, 2012)
English professor Molly Hite and garden photographer David McDonald presented 'Literature, Life, Gardens: The Influence of Vita Sackville-West' Aug. 24. (Aug. 31, 2011)
With projections of 9.5 billion people by 2050, humankind faces the challenge of feeding modern diets to additional mouths while using the same amounts of water, fertilizer and arable land as today.
Lara Estroff and colleagues have taken a deep, detailed look at the way lab-created calcite crystals, similar to those found in nature, grow in tandem with proteins and other large molecules. (Nov. 30, 2009)
A biosensor made from a common bacterium that can detect toxic metals in water won the Cornell Genetically Engineered Machines student project team a bronze medal at a recent competition. (Nov. 30, 2009)
The College of Veterinary Medicine was ranked the best in the nation in U.S. News and World Report's 2008 edition of 'America's Best Graduate Schools.' The Law School, Johnson School and Weill Cornell Medical College also made the top schools lists. (April 3, 2007)
A new study shows that the lack of a certain gene plays a role in some 60,000 breast cancer patients in the United States and 383,000 worldwide. (Aug. 14, 2012)