Cornell's newest and darkest strawberry variety - Purple Wonder - will make its debut at the Philadelphia International Flower Show March 5. It is a burgundy berry. (March 5, 2012)
A Cornell researcher needs some large-breed puppies for a study on preventing arthritis in later life. The surgery involved would be free of charge. (Jan. 11, 2011)
Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small-grant award program for interdisciplinary research and conference support.
Michael Kotlikoff, the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, has received the Alumni Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed by the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. (June 23, 2008)
The two varieties have been a decade in the making, and how they’ve gone to market is a first for the Cornell apple-breeding program and the New York apple industry.
The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $300,000 to help Cornell transform how it prepares new teachers to educate the next generation of scientists - and citizens. (Aug. 28, 2012)
In discussing the politics and science of calories Feb. 20 as the inaugural Wolitzer Nutrition Seminar speaker, nutrition expert Marion Nestle urged consumers to get more political about their food. (Feb. 21, 2012)
Karen Katen, president of Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals, a division of the multinational health-care firm Pfizer Inc., will deliver the 2003 Lewis H. Durland Memorial Lecture on Nov. 20.
Defying a widely held belief in Alzheimer’s disease research, two Cornell professors report that people with a specific gene are more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment – but not Alzheimer’s.