A new study of female barn swallows has found that the birds with darker breast feathers – both naturally dark and artificially darkened (with markers) – experience less cell damage than lighter ones.
One statistic in Tom Hirschl's new book, "Chasing the American Dream," got President Obama's attention - and a double citation in a speech about "economic mobility."
Cornell's new pyrolysis kiln opens May 24, when Johannes Lehmann, professor of soil science, will hold an open house 2-4 p.m., at the Leland Laboratory building.
The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future chose 10 interdisciplinary projects to receive academic venture funds for spring 2011. The awards were announced May 29 and total $662,509. (June 1, 2011)
A new rooftop garden on the southern end of Mann Library has been named the Susan A. Henry Garden Terrace to honor Henry's contributions as dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (May 13, 2009)
Ahmed Ahmed’s ’17 life story is a remarkable tale of a young man who combined hard work with inspiration and guidance from others to grow as a person, from a refugee to a Rhodes scholar.
Cornell has been selected to host the national 2019 Science Olympiad, which will bring 2,500 high school students from across the U.S. to a unique competition.
Those unflattering pictures of the opposing candidate, used in attack ads blanketing American media this month, are not merely manipulative. Political partisans really do believe their leaders are better looking, a study shows.