Max Pfeffer, chair of the Department of Development Sociology, has been appointed senior associate dean in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (March 22, 2010)
In a pilot program, Cornell is using both sterilization and hunting to reduce deer populations on campus. They hope to develop a model that other campuses and communities can use to manage deer. (Aug. 12, 2009)
Each summer, the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers instructs middle and high school biology teachers on new teaching methods and activities, and the teachers don't have to pay a dime. (July 27, 2009)
Cornell ecologist Nelson Hairston Jr. is a pioneer in a field known loosely as 'resurrection ecology,' in which researchers study evolution by hatching eggs of zooplankton buried in mud for decades to centuries. (July 16, 2009)
The latest ultrasound device created by Cornell graduate student George K. Lewis could one day introduce a whole new level of home therapy for pain management. (Feb. 16, 2010)
Funding from the NSF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will partner advanced research expertise with the developing world to improve soil and plant breeding. (Sept. 2, 2010)
Several disabled goats and sheep have been given artificial legs, thanks to several Cornell veterinarians working with Ithaca's Hangar Orthotics and Prosthetics. (Nov. 3, 2008)
It is now possible to engineer tiny containers the size of a virus to deliver drugs and other materials with almost 100 percent efficiency to targeted cells in the bloodstream, according to a new Cornell study. (June 25, 2009)
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)