The tile drainage systems in upper Mississippi farmlands - from Minnesota to across Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio - are the biggest contributors of nitrogen runoff into the Gulf of Mexico, reports a new study. (Nov. 23, 2010)
Cornell researchers will develop a tool to knock out genes in maize and will sequence wild rice genes, identify their functions and insert key genes into cultivated lines for breeders. (Nov. 22, 2010)
Faculty offered tips to other faculty on how to keep students engaged in large lecture courses in a panel discussion Sept. 10. Some strategies: keep moving, summarize and show you care. (Sept. 15, 2009)
President David Skorton delivered Cornell's 143rd commencement May 29, welcoming about 6,000 new graduates to the global Cornell family. (May 29, 2011)
Most students work in a library, laboratory or classroom, but Cornell University undergraduate Greg Aloe floats in space aboard the same NASA aircraft that Tom Hanks used.
Cornell is partnering on a wildlife conservation project in Zambia that saves animals' lives by addressing a powerful threat: Poverty and hunger that force families to poach or clear-cut forests to create temporary farm fields. (Feb. 7, 2007)
Christopher K. Ober, the Francis Norwood Bard Professor of Materials Engineering at Cornell, has been named the winner of the 2006 American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Applied Polymer Science. The award honors him for "his…
Cornell University's Food Industry Management Distance Education Program has announced a new computer-based training program for retail food store managers and associates. The CD-ROM program, which explores the topic "Personal Hygiene," is the first of four programs planned on fundamental topics in food safety and sanitation.
The $85 billion in automatic, across-the-board federal spending cuts that went into effect March 1 - the sequester - may eventually cost Cornell $28 million universitywide.