The gamitana fish mostly eats fruit and can carry seeds down the Amazon River as far as 3 miles, reports a new Cornell study. The fish may play an important role in the structure of the Amazon forest. (April 18, 2011)
Lara Estroff, a materials scientist who studies how seashells and bones are formed and then tries to synthesize new materials in the laboratory that emulate the versatility of these natural composites, became the first College of Engineering faculty member hired as part of Cornell's New Life Sciences Initiative
Provost Michael Kotlikoff has called for proposals for feasibility and planning grants for academic programs that span the Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses. The deadline to submit proposals is Jan. 22, 2016.
Using 15 months of energy research conducted by Cornell students, the Tompkins County Planning Department unveiled ideas Oct. 21 to substantially reduce the county's carbon footprint by 2050.
Graduate student Margaret Demment won the best student oral presentation prize at the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity meeting in Austin, Texas, May 23-26.
On topics ranging from oceanic disease to restraining invasive species from distant seas, Cornell faculty joined 10,000 scientists to discuss “Envisioning Tomorrow’s Earth” at the AAAS meeting in Seattle.
Cornell Plantations offers a self-guided, mobile phone audio-visual tour and four new interpretive and orientation signs to help visitors learn more about the collections F.R. Newman Arboretum.
Former presidential candidates Howard Dean and Rick Santorum will debate 'The Role of Government in a Free Society' on campus Oct. 18. (Sept. 27, 2012)
Cornell University’s entry for the International Genetically Engineered Machine synthetic biology competition earned three prizes and a gold medal at the 12th annual iGEM Giant Jamboree in Boston.
The proposed Life Science Technology Building on the campus of Cornell University is an integral part of the university's much larger program of cross-disciplinary research in the life and related sciences.