In an inaugural competition named for Rabbi Harold I. Saperstein '31, 14 students wrote and delivered sermons related to contemporary social justice issues this spring. (June 10, 2011)
Chilean poet, artist and filmmaker Cecilia Vicuña, and writer, scholar and performer Qwo-Li Driskill, will offer performances and student workshops on campus April 28-May 2.
The Gates Foundation has given Cornell a $3 million grant to use genomics to develop more crop varieties for smallholder farmers in developing countries. (June 1, 2011)
A Cornell study shows for the first time that frogs and other amphibians have a higher risk of deadly fungal infections in pristine forests, leaving them few safe havens. (May 31, 2011)
Barrett Keene, Ph.D. '13, is walking from Miami to San Francisco. En route, he will raise money and awareness for poor children and conduct dissertation research on teacher-leaders.
Cornell Cooperative Extension's New York Extension Disaster Education Network provides information on up-to-date best practices for families, farmers, businesses and communities recovering from disasters. (Oct. 31, 2012)
July's recent heat wave broke records for longevity and came close to all-time temperature highs in several major cities, says climatologist Jessica Rennells.
Potato plants boost the chemical defenses in their leaves when Guatemalan tuber moth larvae feed on their tubers, report researchers at the Cornell-affiliated Boyce Thompson Institute.