As the emerald ash borer starts to invade New York and kill off its ash trees, Cornell researchers are leading the fight against the invasive pest. (Sept. 1, 2010)
Hundreds of unions representing workers in the global transport industry agreed to take significant steps to counter climate change at a conference in Mexico City last month. (Sept. 1, 2010)
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' short-term challenges will be offset by the long-term positioning the college will have to meet agricultural changes, said Dean Kathryn Boor. (March 17, 2011)
A deadly fish virus - viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus - first discovered in the Northeast in 2005, has been found for the first time in Lake Superior. The virus is now in all of the Great Lakes.
High schools students are learning how to make ice cream and how to commercialize their product for sale, thanks to a collaboration with Cornell's Department of Food Science. (March 10, 2011)
Cornell's Cooperative Extension-NYC's 'Living Green' program is teaching residents in 30 affordable housing residential buildings how to live 'greener' and more healthfully.
Mauve Majesty is a new pink ornamental, developed by Professor Mark Bridgen and patented by Cornell, that can bloom all summer long in the cooler, northern states until the first hard freeze in the fall.
Bringing Cornell's nanotechnology capabilities closer to medical researchers, Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility has opened a satellite office at Weill Cornell Medical College. (Sept. 26, 2008)
From Ecuador to Mozambique, students traveled the world as part of the College of Veterinary Medicine's 2008 Expanding Horizons program. (Sept. 24, 2008)
Extension educators in New York City are changing the way that people at mosques, senior centers and soup kitchens eat by giving free nutrition workshops and sidewalk education.