Researchers analyzed the contents of 500 years of European and American food paintings and found indulgent, rare and exotic foods popular in paintings were not available to the average family.
Starting this summer, Cornell and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University will offer dual-degree programs in food science and plant breeding with up to 15 Indian students accepted for each program. (Feb. 5, 2009)
The new major, the science of natural and environmental systems in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will graduate its first crop of students this May. (March 12, 2009)
Dean Smith, director of Project MUSE at the Johns Hopkins University Press, has been appointed the next director of Cornell University Press, where he will lead print-to-digital-edition transition efforts.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded Cornell $7.07 million to focus on developing the resistance of the East African Highland banana in Uganda to pests and major diseases. (Dec. 1, 2011)
Events this week include a town-gown collaboration performed with Latina/o community members, silent comedy and Middle Eastern cinema, songs for Jim Henson, a book talk on creativity and intelligence, and the Digital Agriculture Hackathon.
In recognition of the cumulative and consistent impact of her veterinary and volunteer work in and around her hometown, Barbara Mix, CVM ’82, was named the newest recipient the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award.
Thanks to multilingual Cornell students, 500 Ithaca-area children learning English as a second language each have a new book personalized just for them, with the English text translated into their native language.
Fossils found in Patagonia, Argentina, have been identified as Eucalyptus and date to 51.9 million years ago, making them the oldest scientifically validated Eucalyptus macrofossils. (July 18, 2011)
The Task Force on Life in the Age of the Genome, appointed by Cornell Provost Biddy Martin in February 2005, has submitted a final report suggesting how the $650 million New Life Sciences Initiative might also engage social…