Adam Siepel, associate professor of biological statistics and computational biology, has received a Guggenheim fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. (April 17, 2012)
The Institute for the Social Sciences recently concluded theme project tackled tried to learn how sociologists, psychologists, economists and others struggle to understand one another.
In a presentation to global leaders battling climate change and feeding a burgeoning world population, Cornell's Dawit Solomon presented food security ideas to stave off the Earth's atmospheric warming.
The fourth annual Cornell University Regional Town-Gown Conference, held March 26, focused on the logistics and challenges of transportation, or getting people and things where they need to go.
Provost Michael Kotlikoff, professor of veterinary medicine, has collaborated with researchers from Germany and the University of Pittsburgh on a novel procedure for correcting heart arrhythmia.
To ensure the safety of fresh fruits and vegetables for consumers, Cornell’s Produce Safety Alliance helps to explain complex federal food safety rules and assess agricultural water use.
Cornell plant breeders have released a new alfalfa variety with some resistance against alfalfa snout beetle, which has ravaged alfalfa fields in New York.
Professor Emeritus Henry Munger, a vegetable breeder who introduced more than 50 varieties of cucumbers and various beneficial characteristics to many vegetables, died Aug. 25. He was 94. (Aug. 31, 2010)
Punxsutawney Phil – the prognosticating groundhog who famously foretells the arrival of spring – may need a new job. Cornell has unveiled a new web tool to determine the onset of spring.