Cornell evolutionary biologist Paul Sherman teaches his Darwinian medicine class hoping to inform premedical and pre-veterinary seniors about human evolution in ways that add to traditional medical education. (December 07, 2005)
The most detailed analysis to date of how humans differ from one another at the DNA level shows strong evidence that natural selection has shaped the recent evolution of our species, according to researchers from Cornell University, Celera Genomics and Celera Diagnostics.
Karl N. Stauber, undersecretary of research, education and economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will visit Cornell on Thursday, March 7, to meet with deans and hear faculty presentations on selected programs.
Robin Hadlock Seeley, a Cornell marine biologist, spearheaded an invasive species survey of Cobscook Bay, Maine, that has discovered a sea squirt there that could potentially threaten the important fishing area.
Events on campus this week include Scottish singer Jean Redpath, CU Winds in concert, 'The Tempest' at Cornell Cinema and a public service lecture by Jane Coyne '88.
Cornell scientists have developed a rapid, less costly and sensitive new technique for detecting group A streptococcus, the bacteria that cause scarlet fever. Details will be announced July 18 at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo in New Orleans.
A behind-the-scenes tour of the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine awaits visitors at the college's annual open house April 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America, poor farmers supplement their livelihoods by hunting and cutting wood, but such practices seriously threaten biodiversity in the developing world. (Aug. 22, 2011)
A new Cornell study finds that it is primarily people whose ancestors came from places where dairy herds could be raised safely and economically, such as in Europe, who have developed the ability to digest milk. (June 1, 2005)