A memorandum of understanding between Cornell and the Keystone Foundation was signed Sept. 23 that establishes the Nilgiris Field Learning Center in Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, India.
At Winter Commencement, Dec. 18, President David Skorton recognized 735 candidates and thanked 2,000 attending friends and family, saying that Cornell graduates are known for overcoming challenges. (Dec. 20, 2010)
Members of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Honor Society taught local children about strategies to reduce poverty by bringing a sheep to their 4-H Urban Outreach Afterschool Program. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Mary-Lynn Cummings, assistant dean for facilities and operational services in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been named to the newly created post of director of space planning for Cornell. (Feb. 6, 2008)
Food banks may soon be able to boost the nutritional value of the food they distribute to the hungry, thanks to a new harvesting model created by Cornell economists.
Can species quickly evolve when humans rapidly change their habitats? The answer, in some cases, is yes, according to a new study of North American songbirds. (March 9, 2010)
Cornell's Michael Shuler has received National Institutes of Health funding to make 3-D chips with living cells and tissues that model the structure and function of human organs. (Aug. 27, 2012)
Residents of Piermont, New York are facing climate change, as Hudson River flooding begins to encroach their waterfront streets. Cornell students provided concepts at an open house on how to handle it.
Metastatic prostate cancer patients respond better to treatment when they switch to different drugs in the absence of an optimal initial response: new research from Weill Cornell Medicine.
Students in the Cornell's Dairy Science Club get to travel every other year to a faraway country to get another view of agriculture. The club raises the funds through their annual Holstein sales. (Dec. 16, 2010)