The willow bioenergy program has a new $950,000 grant for breeding willow and installing a boiler to heat two buildings at Cornell's experiment station in Geneva.
More than 30 of Cornell’s most accomplished graduating seniors were honored May 23, along with their most inspiring high school teachers and Cornell faculty members, at the Merrill Presidential Scholars Convocation luncheon.
The difficulty of finding a job in the current economy when a candidate has the additional handicap of a criminal record was the focus at the Richard Netter Conference, Oct. 9 in New York City. (Oct. 23, 2009)
Professor Martin Wiedmann will head a national effort in collaboration with six other universities to engage thousands of children, college students, teachers and professionals in food safety programs.
A four-year multidisciplinary Cornell/Cornell Cooperative Extension project is assessing contaminants in urban garden soils and promoting management strategies to minimize potential health risks. (Dec. 16, 2010)
A collaboration with Weill Cornell Medical College has resulted in the nation's first comprehensive guide for hospital emergency preparedness exercises. It's posted on a government site. (Dec. 16, 2010)
FORCAST, the Faint Object infraRed Camera for the SOFIA Telescope, will help answer longstanding questions about star formation, galactic nuclei, properties of the interstellar medium and more.
When a major South American pest infests potato tubers, the plant produces bigger spuds, reports a study by Cornell, University of Goettingen and National University of Colombia researchers. (May 25, 2010)
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded Cornell $800,000 to ensure that the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers continues offering summer workshops for public school teachers. (May 25, 2010)
Design students working with Professor Lorraine Maxwell have been helping the New Roots high school and Caroline Elementary School rethink how they use some of their spaces. (Dec. 15, 2010)