A multidisciplinary research team has identified a mutation on the protein shell of canine parvovirus that helps it to transfer and infect wild forest-dwelling animals, including raccoons.
Cornell's SRI (System of Rice Intensification) International Network and Resources Center helped train 17 Haitians recently in how to train farmers to improve rice productivity in the northern Coronel-Dubre region of Haiti.
Cornell neurobiologist Andrew Bass found that the neural network behind sound production in vertebrates can be traced back to an era long before the first animals ventured onto land. (July 17, 2008)
Just days before a U.S. House committee voted to expand the FDA's power to monitor the U.S. food supply, food scientists Kathryn Boor and Robert Gravani briefed D.C. staffers about food safety issues. (June 22, 2009)
Jason Locke, director of undergraduate admissions at Cornell since 2003, has been appointed interim associate vice provost for enrollment, and Shawn Felton will serve as interim director of undergraduate admissions.
Professor Ronnie Coffman was honored with the 2011 Mentoring Award from the Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Oct. 18. (Oct. 18, 2011)
Rajesh Bhaskaran and Jonathan Butcher are among 65 researchers selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's third Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium, Nov. 13-16. (Oct. 17, 2011)
The Scientist magazine announced that Cornell ranks 10th in its survey of the best places in the United States for life scientists to work in academia. And Foreign Policy said Cornell offered the 10th best education in the country for students interested in pursuing an international relations career in academia. (November 07, 2005)
Fifty seniors, funded by the Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars program, discussed their undergraduate research projects at the annual Senior Expo April 14. (April 19, 2010)