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)
By entering their counts online, Gulf Coast bird watchers are helping scientists track hundreds of species that could be affected as the oil spreads toward land. (May 11, 2010)
Dan Luo, whose work in nucleic acid engineering is changing the way scientists look at DNA, has garnered a prestigious 2006 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation.
The U.S. public doubts the existence of "global warming" more than it doubts "climate change" – and Republicans are driving the effect, according to new research. But there's more agreement on climate science than meets the eye.
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)
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)
A five-year, $20 million National Science Foundation grant will allow chemists from Cornell and other institutions to study new ways to make plastics more sustainable.
David Soderlund of Cornell's NYS Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva has received the International Award for Research in Agrochemicals from the Agrochemicals Division of the American Chemical Society. (Aug. 21, 2008)
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)
Five renowned panelists spoke to international veterinary students and others about the need to foster creativity in the sciences July 30 on campus. (Aug. 1, 2012)